A Sampling of Clips for Dec. 16, 2010

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Chemical Could Reset Circadian Clock
USA Today, Dec. 15 -- Researchers at UC San Diego have found a chemical that lengthens the circadian rhythm, which could mean drugs to reset the biological day clock of humans who do shift-work, suffer from jet lag or have circadian rhythm-related disorders are possible. More

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A Glowing Snail? Now That's Scary!
MSNBC, Dec. 15 -- A tiny marine snail that looks as if it could be at home dangling from a Christmas tree emits its green glow to scare off would be predators, according to a new study from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. More

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The Price of Coal in China:
Can China Fuel Growth Without Warming the World?
Scientific American, Dec. 16 -- Coal is the fuel of China and that isn't going to change anytime soon. As a result, China is now the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, along with all the other noxious by-products of coal burning. (Quotes Mikkal Herberg, an expert on Asia and energy at UC San Diego) More

Q&A: Francesca Malfatti
Nature, Dec. 15 -- Francesca Malfatti, a postdoctoral researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, received the International Recognition of Professional Excellence prize in August from the International Ecology Institute in Oldendorf, Germany. The award honors young ecologists who make breakthroughs. Malfatti explains how she and her mentor found an unexpected relationship between microbes. More

Life's Building Blocks Found on Surprising Meteorite
Space.com, Dec. 15 -- Scientists have discovered amino acids, the building blocks of life in a meteorite where none were expected. A meteorite sample was divided between the Goddard lab and a lab at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. More

United States Artists Announces
2010 Fellows, Launches Microphilanthropy Site
Mediabistro.com, Dec. 14 -- Santa came early for the 52 artists, designers, writers, musicians, dancers, and performers who have been awarded USA Fellowships for 2010. Each receives $50,000 from the national grant-making and advocacy organization United States Artists (USA), which has invested a total of $12.5 million in artists since 2006. Recipients include Teddy Cruz, who is on the UC San Diego faculty. More

Comfort and Joy: UCSD Medical Center Doulas Deliver
San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 15 -- Sunday the people involved in the UC San Diego Hearts & Hands Volunteer Doula Program were in the unusual, though not uncomfortable, position of being the center of attention at the Poway home of Carol Sorensen, a doula, and her husband, Rob. The evening event, whose theme was comfort and joy, honored a decade of doulas. More

UCSD in La Jolla: Marye Anne Fox
La Jolla Light, Dec. 14 -- Editor’s note: To mark UC San Diego’s 50th anniversary, the Light is asking people for their thoughts on how the university has affected La Jolla. Today, we hear from UCSD Chancellor Marye Anne Fox. More

Leak On, WikiLeaks
San Diego CityBEAT, Dec. 15 -- If WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a “high-tech terrorist,” as U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently declared, then that must make the “Cablegate” document dump the equivalent of a cache of radiological materials. (Quotes UC San Diego professor Ricardo Dominguez) More

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