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The Opposite of Cheating: Huihui Qi
The Opposite of Cheating | May 5, 2025

Professor Huihui Qi discusses her research into the successful implementation of oral exams on engineering courses, and the role of oral exams to ensu...

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A New, Single Smart Capsule Could Help Us Take Our Meds All at Once
Discover | May 2, 2025

Stumbling upon your grandmother's colorful pillbox organizers or custom-made blister packs might leave you impressed--how does she keep track of all t...

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San Diego scientists offer non-opioid relief to chronic pain sufferers
KPBS | May 2, 2025

About ten years ago, Ana Moreno was a PhD student at UC San Diego when she had a free Sunday night and did what some serious students do. She started ...

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One pill, multiple doses: New capsule stages delivery of your meds
New Atlas | May 2, 2025

For some common medical conditions, timing is everything when it comes to taking medications. Now, a customizable capsule engineered at UC San Diego c...

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A beautiful blue butterfly wing offers a new way to study cancer
Science News Explores | April 30, 2025

The morpho butterfly is a flying marvel. It flits through the rainforests of Central and South America. With wings that can span 20 centimeters (8 inc...

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A bacterial toxin could be contributing to the colorectal cancer rise in young people
The Week | April 30, 2025

Colorectal cancer has increased significantly over the past 20 years among adults under 50. Now scientists may have identified a potential factor in t...

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Rates of bowel cancer are rising among young people
The Economist | April 30, 2025

Increased incidence of early-onset cancer, as the diagnosis is called for adults under 50, has been documented for more than a dozen cancers, includin...

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Childhood Exposure To A Specific Toxin May Lead To Colorectal Cancer In Younger People
IFLScience | April 28, 2025

Colorectal cancer is on the rise among people under 50 in at least 27 countries. The number of cases has doubled every decade for the last 20 years an...

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The Ghost in the Gut: DNA Clues to Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer
American Council on Science and Health | April 28, 2025

Colorectal cancer, long associated with aging, is rising alarmingly in younger adults--especially those born in the 1980s. Investigators are looking p...

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AI-guided hunt points to PHGDH as an upstream drug target in Alzheimer's disease
Drug Discovery & Development | April 27, 2025

Researchers at the University of California San Diego believe they have found an early pinch point in the biology of Alzheimer's disease, one that can...

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Breakthrough AI finds a cause and treatment candidate for Alzheimer's
The Brighter Side of News | April 26, 2025

The causes of Alzheimer's disease have long puzzled researchers, especially when most older adults show signs of the illness even without carrying the...

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Scientists May Have Figured Out Why Young People Are Getting Colorectal Cancer More Often
Gizmodo | April 25, 2025

A common bacteria in our gut might be stirring up more trouble than we knew. A study out this week has found evidence that a mutagenic toxin produced ...

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