Alex Fox

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Articles

New Gel Could Boost Coral Reef Restoration

3 weeks ago | today.ucsd.edu | Alex Fox |Lauren Wood

The substance improved coral larvae settlement by up to 20 times in experiments compared to untreated surfaces Published Date May 14, 2025 Article Content Coral larvae are picky about where they attach and settle down. One of the ways they decide is by “smelling” chemicals in the water that are associated with healthy reefs. Now, researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Jacobs School of Engineering have developed a gel using nano-particles that slowly release some...
Atmospheric Rivers Explain Atypical El Niño and La Niña Years

Feb 13, 2025 | today.ucsd.edu | Alex Fox |Lauren Wood

Article Content El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the Southwestern United States, respectively. In 2023, however, a La Niña year proved extremely wet in the Southwest instead of dry.
Industrial Pollution Can Increase Snowfall and Reduce Cloud Cover

Nov 15, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Alex Fox |Lauren Wood

Published Date November 15, 2024 Article Content New research co-authored by Duncan Watson-Parris of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute finds that industrial pollution in Earth’s colder latitudes decreases cloud cover by increasing snowfall in the surrounding area. The study, published yesterday in Science, suggests that by reducing cloud cover near industrial facilities in colder parts of the world, industrial pollution can lessen the...
Unhoused People Are Highly Vulnerable to Wildfire Smoke

Nov 6, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Alex Fox |Lauren Wood

Published Date November 06, 2024 Article Content People experiencing homelessness are significantly more susceptible to the health impacts of wildfire smoke compared to those with homes, according to a new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The research, published today in The Lancet Planetary Health and supported by the National Institute on Aging, shows that for every small increase in wildfire smoke pollution, unhoused people face a higher risk of...
New Drug Discovery Technique May Unlock Trove of Marine Compounds

Aug 13, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Alex Fox |Lauren Wood

Method captures microbial compounds directly from the ocean, inverting traditional approach Published Date August 13, 2024 Article Content Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have developed a new approach to scour the oceans for novel compounds that could become the medicines and products of tomorrow. The method, described in a paper published June 19 in Nature Communications, captures chemical compounds...
Largest Protein Yet Discovered Builds Algal Toxins

Aug 12, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Alex Fox |Lauren Wood

Discovering the PKZILLA-1 and PKZILLA-2 proteins also lays bare the alga’s elaborate cellular assembly line for building the toxins, which have unique and complex chemical structures. This improved understanding of how these toxins are made could prove useful for scientists trying to synthesize new compounds for medical or industrial applications.
Human-Infecting Parasite Produces Sterile Soldiers Like Ants and Termites

Jul 29, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Alex Fox |Lauren Wood

Metz encountered these worms somewhat serendipitously. On a walk around Lake Murray in San Diego, Calif., he saw an unfamiliar snail at the water’s edge and took it back to the lab. It turned out the snail was Melanoides tuberculata and it was also infected by the trematode Haplorchis pumilio. Upon taking a closer look at the colony of parasites, Metz and Hechinger noticed that many members of the colony were about half as long and differently proportioned than the rest.
Reflections on ADASS Spring Survey

Jul 24, 2024 | impower.co.uk | Alex Fox

Even for a sector used to depressing news, the ADASS Spring Survey of adult social care directors is a difficult read. Only 10% of directors are fully confident they can meet statutory duties to provide social care: this is the stuff that keeps people alive, let alone living well. More people are coming to services with more complex needs, including from hospitals.
Daily Business Report: July 1, 2024

Jul 1, 2024 | sandiegometro.com | Marisa Kendall |Alex Fox |Lauren Wood

Supreme Court gives cities in California andbeyond the power to crack down on homeless campsBy Marisa Kendall | CalMattersThe U.S. Supreme Court on Friday granted cities more power to arrest, cite and fine people who sleep outside in public places — overturning six years of legal protections for homeless residents in California and other western states. In Grants Pass v.
Study Illuminates Previously Unknown Ocean Mercury Pathway

Jun 7, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Alex Fox |Brittany Hook

Published Date June 07, 2024 Article Content In early May, the neurotoxic effects of the heavy metal mercury made news when outlets reported that 2024 U.S. presidential candidate , likely from a diet heavy in tuna. Now, a new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that a poorly understood, highly toxic form of mercury, called dimethylmercury, may be a significant source of monomethylmercury off the California coast. Monomethylmercury is the form...