A Sampling of Clips for 
August 09, 2005

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R&D Projects that Must Get DONE
Electronic Engineering Times, Aug. 8-Larry Smarr, director of UCSD's Calit2, has a simple back-of-the-envelope computation to support his proposition that the supercomputer's distinguished 30-year reign as a scientific-research driver may be nearing an end. More

Doctors Perform Surgery Over the Web
IT Week, UK, Aug. 9-Scientists in Australia have used internet links to successfully perform microsurgery on cells located thousands of miles away in a Southern California laboratory. In a proof-of-concept series of experiments, the scientists from UC Irvine, UCSD and the University of Queensland employed an internet-based laser scissor-and-tweezers technology called RoboLase to produce surgical holes in a distinct pattern less than one micron in diameter (1/1000th of a millimetre) in single cells. More

Brightest Stars of Graphics Offer up Plenty of Gee-Whiz
Electronic Engineering Times, Aug. 8-Star Wars and NASA's Mars rover landings have one thing in common: killer graphics. The two worlds they represent, of fantasy and fact, came together last week at the annual Siggraph conference, a showcase for the latest in computer graphics and a sneak peek at the next generation in the pipeline. (Refers to research by UCSD.) More

Partnership Formed for Moss Landing Water Facility
Contra Costa Times, Aug. 7-The developer of the country's largest desalination plant has entered into a management agreement with the Pajaro-Sunny Mesa Community Services District to build and manage a similar plant in Moss Landing. (Refers to research by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Study: Subliminal Images Affect Willingness to Try Things
Clarion Ledger, Mississippi, Aug. 9-subliminal images of smiling faces may make consumers more willing to try new things, research by UCSD suggests. More

Southwest Community Schedules
Seminar Featuring UCSD Economist
San Diego Daily Transcript, Aug. 8-Southwest Community Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carlsbad-based Southwest Community Bancorp is sponsoring a seminar featuring Market Pointe Realty Advisors' Director of Economic Research and UCSD faculty member Alan Nevin, the company announced on Monday. More

Brink-Dancing Under the Sun
San Diego Union-Tribune, Richard Louv, Aug. 9-Poor San Diego, so victimized - by whom? Last week, I asked several experts on urban affairs to place the city's current unpleasantness in historical perspective. (Quote by Steve Erie, a professor of political science at UCSD.) More

The Jellyfish are Here: Swimmers,
Lifeguards Deal with Stinging Nuisance
North County Times, Aug. 9-What's wet and gooey and stings like heck? These days it could be a trip to San Diego County's beaches, thanks to hordes of jellyfish. (Quote by Vincent Levesque, a scientist who breeds jellyfish at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Birch Aquarium.) More