A Sampling of Clips for Dec. 14, 2010

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Insights Give Hope for New Attack on Alzheimer’s
The New York Times, Dec. 13 -- Alzheimer’s researchers are obsessed with a small, sticky protein fragment, beta amyloid, that clumps into barnaclelike balls in the brains of patients with this degenerative neurological disease. (Quotes UC San Diego’s Dr. Roberto Malinow) More

Decoding the Human Brain, With Help From a Fly
The New York Times, Dec. 13 -- Taiwanese researchers have managed to bar code some 16,000 of the 100,000 neurons in a fruit fly’s brain and to reconstruct the brain’s wiring map. (Quotes Ralph Greenspan, a neurobiologist at UC San Diego) More

UCSD Forecasts the Top 10 Sectors for New Jobs
Business Review, Dec. 13 -- San Diego is known among locals and beyond for the innovations in science and technology by several of the big businesses headquartered in the city and universities. Tapan Munroe, and Mary Walshok and Henry DeVries of UC San Diego published a new book: Closing America’s Job Gap that takes a look at the new jobs being shaped by innovations in science and technology and how people need to learn new skills to attain these jobs. More

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Piecemeal Energy Policy Will Still Cut Greenhouse Emissions
MIT Technology Review, Dec. 14 -- It appears unlikely that the newly elected U.S. Congress will fare any better than the last in passing comprehensive, long-term climate and energy legislation. (Quotes David Victor, director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation at UC San Diego) More

Can Culture Generate Spontaneous Order?
The American Culture, December 2010 -- What provides the best economic model to ensure the happiness of the seven billion inhabitants of this earth? And what of the billion or more characters inhabiting our planet’s literature? This is the theme pursued by Paul A. Cantor and Stephen Cox in their collection of brilliant essays in the Economics of Literature & Liberty. Cox is on the UC San Diego faculty. More

How to Avoid Overeating at Holiday Dinner
WSOCTV, Dec. 13 -- Worried about overeating during the holiday? While this is a common concern, you don't have to give in to negative thinking and start planning your post-holiday diet. There are a few effective strategies that you can use to enjoy a guilt-free holiday dinner without gaining a single pound. (Mentions research at UC San Diego) More

Southwestern Water Outlook Getting Grimmer, Scientists Say
North County Times, Dec. 13 -- California and the entire southwestern U.S. must drastically reduce water use to prevent harm to urban areas, agriculture and wildlife, according to scientific studies published Tuesday. Computer models of anticipated greenhouse warming indicate a mixed effect on water supply throughout the Southwest, according to a paper listing as first author Scripps Institution of Oceanography researcher Daniel R. Cayan. More

Stanford Remembers Stephen Schneider
Patch.com, AOL News, Dec. 13 -- The life and work of the late Stephen Schneider, professor of environmental studies at Stanford University, was celebrated Sunday at a memorial program in Stanford's Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni Center. Naomi Oreskes, a professor of science history at UC San Diego, delivered a memorial lecture called, "Why Resist the Results of Climate Science." More

UC San Diego Receives $6.5M to Decipher Protein Interactions
San Diego Business Journal, Dec. 13 – Trey Ideker, an associate professor of bioengineering at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering, is the principal investigator of a new center called the National Resource for Network Biology at UCSD’s School of Medicine, which recently was funded by a five-year, $6.5 million grant from the National Center for Research Resources, part of the National Institutes of Health. More

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