A Sampling of Clips for April 26-27, 2011

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Two Teams Prepare for Epic Ocean Battle: a Race to the Bottom
FOX News, April 26 -- Are there sea monsters 36,000 feet below the ocean's surface? Or just strange, marine invertebrates where sunlight never penetrates? Triton Submarines’ Bruce Jones and Patrick Lahey and Virgin Oceanic’s Chris Welsh and Sir Richard Branson all intend to find out. Virgin Oceanic is partnering with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Google Earth to map the currently unexplored, submersed tundra using what you could describe as a small plane, with wings, and a one-person compartment with a range of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) once on bottom. More

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Seeking 1,000 Brains from the Healthy, the Diseased, the Extraordinary
ABC News, April 26 -- Jacopo Annese is seeking 1,000 brains for the UC San Diego Brain Observatory, but first, he's getting to know some of his future donors while they're still living. More

Few Americans Familiar With Title IX, Though Most Approve of It
The New York Times, April 26 -- Most Americans say it is very important for boys and girls to have the same opportunities to participate in high school sports, but few are very familiar with Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs including athletics, according to a recent New York Times/CBS News poll. (Quotes Laura Perdue, who went to UC San Diego on a volleyball scholarship) More

Analysis - Green Claims of Diesel Cars Disputed
Reuters, April 27 -- Modern diesel cars may not be as clean as previously thought, say some experts as regulators try to roll out industry standards to satisfy "green" consumers. (Quotes Veerabhadran Ramanathan from the U.S. Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More

Why are Gas Prices Rising? And How Much Do Voters Care?
The Washington Post, April 26 -- There are two questions worth asking about gas prices. The first is, “Why are they rising?” The second, given that this is at least partially a blog about politics, is “Will voters care?” My first e-mail was to James Hamilton, an economist at UC San Diego who’s looked at gas prices extensively. More

Parent-only Classes Can Curb Childhood Obesity
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 26 -- A lot of research and effort is being expended to better understand how to treat and reduce obesity in children. Last year, a small, published study by Kerri Boutelle, an associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at UC San Diego reported that childhood obesity treatments that directly involved only parents appeared to be just as effective as plans that involved both parents and children. Boutelle is beginning a larger, longer study (called FRESH) that will provide no-cost treatment and follow 150 San Diego families for three years. Some families will participate in parent-only weight reduction plans, others in treatments requiring active participation by parent and child. More

UCSD to Start Five-Year Study of Parkinson’s Disease
KPBS, April 26 -- The UC San Diego School of Medicine is embarking on a five-year study of Parkinson's disease in partnership with a foundation created by actor Michael J. Fox, the school announced today. More

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Pension Crisis: Poor Investment Decisions are to Blame
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 24 -- San Diego faces a serious financial crisis. There is little doubt that employee benefits – a large and growing part of the city’s budget – are at the heart of the crisis, although the ongoing campaign to demonize city workers and their unions fundamentally misrepresents the origins of the problem. (Written by Vlad Kogan, a UC San Diego graduate student in political science) More

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Self-Renewing Neural Stem Cells Created at UCSD
10News, April 26-- Scientists at the UC San Diego have made groundbreaking advancements in neural stem cell research which may change the future for patients with vision problems to those with Parkinson's disease. More

UCSD Softball Team Earns its First CCAA Crown
Patch.com, April 26 -- The No. 10 UC San Diego softball team, behind pitching ace Camile Gaito, clinched its first California Collegiate Athletic Association regular-season title in program history with a pair of wins over Cal State East Bay on Friday afternoon at Pioneer Softball Field. More

Biofuels Symposium Coming This Weekend
The San Diego Daily Transcript, April 26 -- For two days, the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology at UC San Diego will turn the Frederic de Hoffmann Auditorium into San Diego’s hotspot for biofuels. More

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