A Sampling of Clips for June 4-6, 2011

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Stick Up: Antimatter Atoms Trapped for More Than 15 Minutes
Scientific American, June 5 -- Maybe antimatter is finally ready for its close-up. A team of physicists has succeeded in producing rudimentary atoms of antimatter and holding on to them for several minutes, an advance that holds hope for detailed comparisons of how ordinary atoms of matter compare with their exotic antimatter counterparts. (Quotes Clifford Surko, a physicist at UC San Diego.)
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Who’s Growing and Who’s Hiring?
San Diego Union Tribune, June 5 -- The San Diego region is leading the way in building a clean tech economy. Close to 800 clean tech companies call the San Diego region home, demonstrating that the innovation economy is alive and thriving. The EDGE Initiative (Educating and Developing Workers for the Green Economy) is an industry-led approach to workforce training for the clean tech sector. The approach is simple – let industry direct the creation of training programs since they will be hiring those that graduate from the programs. Classes are under way at UC San Diego Extension, with more to become available soon. More

Where the Jobs are: Yes, Even Welding
San Diego Union Tribune, June 5 -- In these days of fiscal shortfalls and high unemployment across the state, it is easy to become discouraged about the prospects of getting a job or keeping a job. There is also cause for optimism. San Diego’s robust innovation economy creates and will continue to create good jobs. However, people with the skills these jobs require are increasingly in short supply. A big part of the solution to the jobless recovery is to better align our education and training programs with the technical needs of today’s employersto be globally competitive. (Article by UC San Diego’s Mary Walshok and Henry DeVries.) More

He's Been Fighting AIDS from the Start
Voice of San Diego, June 3 -- This weekend will bring a grim anniversary: It's been 30 years since American physicians first reported an unusual illness that was affecting gay men, AIDS. Douglas Richman, director for the Center for AIDS Research for UC San Diego, knew something odd was happening even before the first report in 1981. Since then, AIDS has killed more than 7,200 people in San Diego County. More

UCSD Program Offers Free HIV Tests in Hillcrest
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 6 -- San Diegans looking to get tested for HIV can now do it for free and get the results in just 10 minutes, thanks to a UC San Diego School of Medicine pilot program. More

Variable-wing Prototype Points to the Future of UAVs
Gizmag, June 6 -- The role of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has expanded rapidly in both military and civilian circles over the past decade. In developing the next-generation of UAVs engineers are looking to go beyond the limitations of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft and to do it, they are turning to nature's ultimate flying machines -- birds. We've already seen flapping-wing micro-aircraft, robotic seagulls and even a design based on a pterodactyl. Engineers at UC San Diego are furthering this approach with research into variable-wing techniques that could result in a bird-like UAV capable of spot landing. More

Sketch of UCSD Attempted Rape Suspect
San Diego Union Tribune, June 5 -- Police at the UC San Diego released a composite sketch Friday night of a man suspected of an attempted rape at a campus residence. More

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Taxi Card Targeted for Students at Bars
San Diego Union Tribune, June 5 -- Party-hearty college students are being offered another way home from the bar: a prepaid, one-price card that will be accepted by Yellow Cab drivers in San Diego.
The “RADD/My Safe Ride Home” cards are priced at $30 and are renewable, according to promoters. Taxi drivers collect the full $30 whether it is a $10 fare or a $60 one. (Mentions UC San Diego.) More

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