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Former Scripps graduate student Nathan Moss searches for potentially therapeutic natural products. Photo: Bailey Miller

“SMART 2.0” Revolutionizing Identification of Natural Compounds
Organic chemistry tool developed at UC San Diego is speeding up drug discovery, toxicological analysis, and more
Arctic Ocean sea ice seen during 2018 SODA cruise. Photo: San Nguyen

Researchers Find New Reason Why Arctic is Warming So Fast
An explanation is proposed for extra heat coming through the oceans

Associate researcher Dimitri Deheyn. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications

Microplastics: A Macro Problem
Scripps Oceanography at forefront of microplastics research
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