A Sampling of Clips for 
April 06, 2005

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Latest NPR Health News Briefs
NPR, April 6-With health care costs increasing faster than income, millions more people are likely to go without health insurance in the coming years, according to a new study by UCSD. More

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Washington Times, April 6

Shells Inspire Engineer's Feat in Synthetics
Contra Costa Times, April 6-When Kenneth Vecchio was a boy in the '70s, racing around Atlantic Beach on Long Island, he could not believe how hard it was to break seashells. Now a mechanical and aerospace engineer at the UCSD, Vecchio still marvels at seashells, but he now uses them for practical inspiration. More

Universe Spawned Stars at a Young Age
Nature, April 5-The Universe's first stars were born a mere 700 million years after the Big Bang, far earlier than researchers previously thought. The discovery comes from images of stars in galaxies that are so far away their light has taken some 13 billion years to reach us. (Quote by Ken Nagamine, a theorist at UCSD.) More

One Roof for Healing Hands
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 6-Next month the long-awaited Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center opens in La Jolla, bringing 600 scientists and clinicians together with patients in a multidisciplinary attack against the disease.(Quotes by Cancer Center Director Dr. Dennis Carson, Cancer Center Deputy Director Dr. Thomas Kipps, and Cancer Center Medical Director Dr. Joanne Mortimer.) More

UCSD to Unveil Giant Earthquake Simulator
KFMB, April 6-On thursday, UCSD will unveil one of the world's largest earthquake simulators. A full-scale seven story building is being constructed on the world's only outdoor "shake table." It's all in an effort to prove that buildings are earthquake safe with less reinforced concrete, which is used today. More

New Research on Multiple verses Single
Births May Offer New Approaches for Infertility
Innovations Report, April 4-The multiple "litter" births of mice, versus the normal singleton pregnancy of humans, is due to defective processing in mice of a common mammalian protein called bone morphogenetic protein, according to new study by UCSD School of Medicine researchers. More

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News Medical Net, April 5

China's Official Catholics Cautiously Mourn Pope's Passing
San Francisco Chronicle, April 6-As the world mourns the passing of Pope John Paul II, China's Catholics are mourning too, but cautiously. (Quote by Richard Madsen, a UCSD sociology professor.) More

Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 6-Q & A column by Sherry Seethaler, a UCSD science writer and educator who answers science questions submitted by San Diego Union-Tribune readers. More