A Sampling of Clips for April 15, 2011

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Air Traffic Controllers: Brain Monitoring to Keep Them Awake?
ABC News, April 15 -- Researchers at the Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience at UC San Diego, have made it possible to place a cellphone call by just thinking about the number. They say the technology could also tell whether a person is actively thinking, or nodding off. More

Drifters Could Monitor Ocean Radiation from Japan
Discovery News, April 14 -- Marine scientists say they are concerned about radiation spewing from the crippled Japanese nuclear plant even though they expect it will take at least two years for radioactive material to reach Hawaii, perhaps three to hit the West Coast. They want to drop a fleet of 60 ocean-going drifters into the debris field as a kind of early-warning system to get a better idea of how much radiation has entered the Pacific Ocean and where it's going. Luca Centurioni, physical oceanographer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., is co-principal investigator on the project. More

Experts Call for Twist on Football Helmet Design
BusinessWeek, April 13 --  new report suggests that researchers should explore ways to redesign football helmets to reduce the risk of brain hemorrhage after a collision, a rare occurrence but one that could kill a player. (Quotes Dr. Michael L. Levy, a professor of pediatric neurosurgery at UC San Diego) More

Is Your Brain Worth Dissecting?
KPBS, April 15 -- Some people collect stamps, old coins, or works of art. Jacopo Annese collects brains. He's the director of UC San Diego's Brain Observatory. Inside his laboratory, large coolers line one of the walls. More

Wooing Female Gamers -- and Game Creators
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 14 -- In less than three years, Margaret Krohn worked her way up from an entry-level job in quality assurance to game designer for Sony Online Entertainment, the San Diego developer behind “EverQuest,” “Star Wars Galaxies” and “Free Realms.” She was exactly what Sony was looking for: a hard worker, a player and a fan – she blogged and hosted a popular podcast for one of Sony’s games. And it didn’t hurt that she brought a female perspective. (Mentions the Casual Gaming Professional Certificate through the UC San Diego Extension program) More

Regulus Therapeutics, UCSD to Collaborate on Research
San Diego Daily Transcript, April 14 -- Regulus Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative new medicines targeting microRNAs, announced it is collaborating with researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine seeking novel treatments for angiogenic diseases using microRNA therapeutics. More

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The Sun God Has Spoken: It Said 'Wiz Khalifa'
Patch.com, April 14 -- A preliminary lineup for this year’s Sun God Festival at UC San Diego was announced last week, followed by the opening of limited ticket sales. More

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