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- The Unexpected Physics Behind Turkey’s Devastating 2023 Earthquakes
A new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography uses a multidisciplinary approach to unravel the complexities of the two deadly earthquakes of nearly equal strength that struck Turkey and Syria on Feb 6, 2023
- Scientists Get a Step Closer to Predicting the Size of Future Earthquakes
The various idiosyncrasies of minor earthquakes make them hard to forecast, but the aspects of very large temblors might be more predictable, say researchers analyzing the catastrophic quakes that struck Turkey in 2023
- Stem Cell Therapy Rescues Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease
In the study, published August 8, 2023 in Cell Reports, the researchers demonstrate that transplanting hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells was effective in rescuing multiple signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s in a mouse model of the disease
- New Study Finds Strong Link Between Intimate Partner Violence and . . .
The analysis draws on two large, state-representative online surveys of — 3,560 adults in California (March–May 2023) and 1,081 adults in Louisiana (May–June 2023) The surveys asked about past-year intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration and about firearm ownership and recent purchase
- UC San Diego Named No. 3 Top Public College by Forbes
The University of California San Diego continues to rank third among the nation’s top public colleges, according to Forbes’ 2023 America’s Top Colleges list
- “A Major Conceptual Advance” on El Niño
The east-west shift of a warm blob of water in the equatorial Pacific Ocean has been the main characteristic of El Niño, but 2023 flipped the script, says a team of researchers led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego
- Autism Rates Continue to Rise in California
A second report examined 4-year-old children in the same 11 communities and found similarly high rates of autism (2 2%) in the network overall, and 4 6% in California in particular The findings were published on March 23, 2023 in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Surveillance Summaries
- Study Reveals Surge in Gambling Addiction Following Legalization of . . .
Total sports wagers skyrocketed from $4 9 billion in 2017 to $121 1 billion in 2023, with 94% of wagers during 2023 placed online “Sports betting has become deeply embedded in our culture,” said Matthew Allen, a third-year medical student
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