A Sampling of Clips for 
April 29, 2004

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

Anitmatter's Nemesis
New Scientist, April 24-Antimatter has intrigued scientists for decades, and although there have been tremendous breakthroughs recently, physicists are
still searching for the answer to one of the longest-standing puzzles about antimatter: how come annihilation sometimes happens so fast? Cliff Surko, a physicist at UC San Diego, is a master of antimatter and is at the forefront of antimatter research.
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/eclips/PDF/surko_newscientist.pdf

Alzheimer's Gene Therapy Trial Shows Early Promise
New Scientist, April 28-The first gene therapy trial for Alzheimer's disease
has delivered promising early results. The trial, lead by the University of California, San Diego, was designed to test the safety of injecting genetically modified cells directly into a part of the brain most severely affected by the disease. The modified cells contain a gene for nerve growth factor. (Quote
by Mark Tuszynski, a professor of neurosciences at UC San Diego.)
http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns99994930

Arnie Rheingold
Chemical & Engineering News, April 26-To say that crystallography has come
a long way in the past quarter century is an understatement. Structures that
once took weeks to resolve can now be done in a few hours. One person who
has witnessed this change is Arnold L. Rheingold, a chemistry professor at
the University of California, San Diego.
http://pubs.acs.org/isubscribe/journals/cen/82/i17/html/8217sci3.html

Lava Reveals Life
The Times (London), April 29-Fossilized microbes have been discovered in hardened lava formed some 3.5 billion years ago, pushing back the boundaries
of when life is known to have emerged on Earth. The bacteria-like organisms, known as archaea, were found in a volcanic rock formation in South Africa.
"Ours is among the oldest evidence for life found so far," says Hubert
Staudigel, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California, a member
of the research team.
* No link available online.

UC Leads U.S. in Low-Income Admissions
Oakland Tribune, April 29-Six University of California campuses, including UC San Diego, lead the nation in enrollment of low-income students who qualify for Pell Grants, according to a new study. The study, published last month in Postsecondary Education Opportunity, a newsletter on college access, ranked the nation's top-rated universities according to the number of enrolled students who receive federal Pell Grants. The grants are awarded to students with family incomes below$35,000 a year.
http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~1726~2115969,00.html#

Similar articles appeared in:
Alameda Times-Star, April 29
http://www.timesstar.com/Stories/0,1413,125~1486~2116000,00.html#

Tri-Valley Herald, April 29
http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1413,86~10669~2115921,00.html

City News Service, April 28
* No link available online.

Future Doctors Gain Hands-On Medical Experience
San Diego Channel, April 28-Some San Diego children are following their
dreams into medicine. Doctors from UCSD and Kaiser Permanente allowed young students to get some hands-on experience Wednesday. Middle school
students had the opportunity to hold a human brain Wednesday -- and they
loved it.
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/health/2154673/detail.html

Bush, Cheney Meet Sept. 11 Panel Behind Closed Doors
Bloomburg.com, April 29-President George W. Bush and Vice President
Dick Cheney went behind closed doors today to tell a commission
investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks how they reacted to
intelligence signaling a possible strike by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda
network. (Quote by Gary Jacobson, a political science professor at the
University of California, San Diego.)
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=an_c4hp8SV
Jc&refer=top_world_news#

Musical menagerie makes East Coast debut in museum's Whale Hall
San Jose Mercury News, April 28-The first East Coast performance of
composer Bruce Adolphe's "Oceanophony," a delectable piece even for
those who hate seafood, has opened at the American Museum of Natural
History. The May 1 opening of the work, which was inspired by a visit to
the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Birch Aquarium in California, will include hip-hop dancers and nine video screens showing underwater images.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california
/peninsula/8541833.htm?ERIGHTS=6138679558392839919mercurynews

Same article appeared in:
San Luis Obispo Times, April 28
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/
politics/8541833.htm

Miami Herald, April 28
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/8541833.htm?
ERIGHTS =91187853259761772miami

Medicare Looks at Apnea Home Test
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 29-Medicare is considering a request to
reimburse for the home diagnosis of a potentially life-threatening sleep
disorder, a move that could rouse sales of sleep-aid devices from Poway's Resmed. Federal regulators decided to review the reimbursement policy
at the request of Terence Davidson M.D., director of the University of
California, San Diego's Head and Neck Surgery Sleep Clinic.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/ 20040429-9999-b29resmed.html