A Sampling of Clips for April 23^th, 2009

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Binge Drinking May Damage Teens' Brains
U.S. News & World Report, April 22 -- When teens go on a binge drinking episode, they may be doing serious damage to the sensitive "white matter" in their brain, according to a new MRI-based study led by researcher Susan F. Tapert, an associate professor of psychiatry at UCSD and director of Substance Abuse/Mental Illness at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. More

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Illuminating Surgery
The Economist, April 23 -- Roger Tsien and his colleagues at UCSD are trying to create a luminous map for cancer surgeons to follow. Dr Tsien, who shared the 2008 Nobel prize in chemistry for his work on the green fluorescent protein, has found a way to make cancer cells glow. That could help surgeons see precisely what to cut out and what to leave behind. More

A Fresh View of Ben Franklin
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23 -- Alan Houston, a political science professor at UCSD, stumbled across a trove of letters written by Benjamin Franklin while researching a book on Franklin. Some are from Franklin, some are to him, and some are by his contemporaries on the war. More

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Babies Born to Women Who Suffered Morning Sickness may be Smarter
CBC News, April 23 -- Sick of morning sickness? Mothers-to-be can take heart from a new study suggesting that children born to women who suffered from nausea in pregnancy may be smarter. (Quotes Dr. Tina Chambers, a teratologist at the UCSD School of Medicine) More

San Diego Job Seekers Are…
CBS News 8, April 22 -- Local job seekers are thinking green this Earth Day. They’re looking for positions in growing industries like renewable energy at an eco-focused job fair at UCSD. More

Massive Ocean Program
Launches in San Diego
San Diego 6, April 22 -- A team of oceanographers and UC San Diego information technology specialists are developing a network that will help scientists share data about the world's oceans, it was announced Wednesday. The $400-million Ocean Observatories Initiative -- headed by UCSD's California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, known as Calit2, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography -- is being funded by the National Science Foundation. More

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