A Sampling of Clips for 
April 14, 2005

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New Laser Promises Gentler Repairs for Damaged Skin
New York Times, April 14-Laser skin resurfacing is one of the fast-growing areas of cosmetic medical treatments, with 590,000 procedures in 2004, up 300 percent since 2003, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. But some doctors say consumers might want to wait to embrace the new technology. (Quote by Dr. Richard Fitzpatrick, an associate clinical professor of dermatology at UCSD.) More

Metaphor-Processing Area of the Brain Identified
New Scientist, April 16-Is there a place in the brain where metaphors are understood? A study of patients with localized brain damage suggests there is. Vilayanur Ramachandran and his colleagues at UCSD were intrigued by four patients who were mentally lucid, fluent in English and highly intelligent, but could not understand proverbs. More

Service Workers to Strike at UCSD
San Diego Channel 10 News, April 14-Service workers at UCSD and the other University of California campuses plan to stay off the job Thursday in their fight for higher salaries and improved training and promotion opportunities. University officials warned, however, that the one-day strike would be illegal because the bargaining process has not yet been completed. More

Family Turns to Internet for Cheaper Health Insurance
NBC, Washington D.C., April 14-Health care costs have been climbing at double-digit rates in recent years, up 11 percent last year and 14 percent in 2003. As a result, more companies have been passing along health care costs to employees or dropping coverage altogether. (Refers to research conducted by UCSD.) More

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Nanotech Advance Makes Carbon Nanotubes more Useful
Innovations Report, April 13-Researchers at UCSD have made carbon nanotubes bent in sharp predetermined angles, a technical advance that could lead to use of the long, thin cylinders of carbon as tiny springs, tips for atomic force microscopes, smaller electrical connectors in integrated circuits, and in many other nanotechnology applications. More

On the Horizon
Christian Science Monitor, April 14-In the hunt for the universe's first stars, some astronomers are looking no farther than their galactic backyard. (Quote by Enric Sala, deputy director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Guggenheim Fellows Include a UCSD Prof
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 14-A UCSD political science professor has been awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. Peter Gourevitch, the founding dean of UCSD's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, will use his grant to research financial institutions and corporate governance. More