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	Paying it Forward New chemistry student creates science program for kids.
	Get to know 10 early-career theorists: Tongyan Lin Junior faculty in theoretical physics talk about what keeps them up at night, their favorite places to think and how they explain their jobs to nonscientists.
	UC San Diego PhySci at Comic Con UC San Diego presents its own cast of characters at 2019 Comic-Con International: San Diego.
	UC San Diego Chemists Take Aim at Drug Predictions Targeting computational challenges in drug discovery results in new mode of protein structure analysis.
	Applying the Goldilocks Principle to DNA Structure Scientists consider the form that may be “just right” for scripting gene expression.
	Borrowing from Astronomy to Rob the Twinkle from Brain Imagery Neurophysicists make new recording of nerve signals by adapting tools of astronomers.
	Standing Out among Stand-Outs Sloan Scholar takes time to mentor next-generation scientists.
	The Glam Clan Group of UC San Diego science students confronts social isolation of elderly glamorously.
	Chemists Manipulate the Physics of Digital Devices Researchers lower voltage of electrical current to boost energy efficiency.
	Science Engineering Students Prepare for Careers in Industry UC San Diego hosts third annual Industry Interaction Day.
	A Rocket Man in His Own Right UC San Diego cosmology expert Brian Keating includes next-generation scientists in his orbit.
	Physical Sciences Represents in National Science Foundation Graduate Research Awards UC San Diego students in physics, chemistry, math are among more than 2,000 new fellows.
	Putting a Dent in Food Waste UC San Diego undergraduates receive Lemelson-MIT Prize for novel technology.
	Working ‘a Latte’ to Achieve Neuromorphic Computing UC San Diego scientists try brewing the right formula for brain-like efficiency.
	Supercomputer Simulations Show Black Holes and Their Magnetic Bubbles University of California and Princeton scientists collaborate on computational astrophysics project.
	Physics Professor Honored with Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award Graduate student also earns teaching award bringing department’s total to eight in six years.
	UC San Diego Announces Margaret Burbidge Visiting Professorship Heising-Simons Foundation helps boost participation of women scientists as part of new initiative in the Division of Physical Sciences.
	Scientists Observe Rare Decay Process in the Universe Kaixuan Ni’s group contributed to the study that directly measured nuclear decay a trillion times older than the universe for the first time.
	Alumna Writes Story Featured in NYT Magazine Physical sciences alumna Mallory Picket is a journalist in Los Angeles who writes about science, the environment and technology. Her recent article draws attention to marginalization, hostility in scientific institutions.
	Taking a Bite Out of the Flu The Department of Energy’s Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research’s ASCR Discovery ran an article in its April edition titled, “Biting back at the flu bug.” Professor Rommie Amaro in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is featured. Professor Andrew McCammon is referenced, too.

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