A Sampling of Clips for August 4^th, 2008

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Pollution Curbs Turn Beijing Into an Urban Lab
MSNBC, Aug. 4 -- In what scientists are calling the single largest attempt ever made to improve air quality, scores of heavily polluting factories were shut down and some 2 million vehicles were pulled off roads across Beijing and a huge swath of northern China — an area roughly the size of Alaska. During the weekend, the hazy skies finally gave way to swirling blue. (Quotes Veerabhadran Ramanathan, an atmospheric scientist from UCSD, who is part of a multinational research project to track Beijing's pollution during and after the Olympics using unmanned drones, satellite data and ground-level readings) More

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Video Consultations Effective for Stroke Treatment
The Washington Post, Aug. 4 -- More accurate decisions about treatment of stroke patients in remote locations can be made using telemedicine consultations, compared with telephone consultations, according to UCSD researchers and colleagues. More

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Getting in on the Sea Floor
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 4 – A group of San Diego scientists who like to get to the bottom of things has formed a new research center for mapping marine habitats and geological features along the sea floor. The Center for Bay and Coastal Change unites geologists at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and marine ecologists at San Diego State University. More

XXIX Questions
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 3 -- Not since the collapse of the Soviet Union has someone challenged the supremacy of U.S. athletes at the Summer Olympics. Now, suddenly, there's a new kid on the five-ringed block. (Quotes Susan Shirk, a China expert and professor at UCSD's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies) More

Ocean Observing System Awarded Federal Contract
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 4 -- The federal government has awarded an $835,787 contract to the Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More

SDSC's Berman Urges Academia to Make Cyberinfrastructure 'Real'
GRID Today, Aug. 4 -- Comprising the “infrastructure” for the Information Age, cyberinfrastructure -- the organized aggregate of information technologies, organizations, and human resources -- is essential for future research advancement and discovery. In this month’s EDUCAUSE Review, Dr. Fran Berman, director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UCSD, makes the case for investment in cyberinfrastructure as part of the “IT bill” for the Information Age. More

REGION: Designing Power Lines for Strong Winds
North County Times, Aug. 3 -- Power lines can be built so that hot wires carrying huge amounts of electricity don't slap against each other in strong winds and send showers of sparks into dry, flammable vegetation and trigger wildfires, industry experts say. (Quotes Ray Enama, chairman of a UCSD electrical safety group and a former worker in San Diego Gas & Electric Co.'s control center) More

How San Diego Biotech Started and Where It's Going
Voice of San Diego, Aug. 4 -- San Diego is home to the third largest concentration of biotechnology companies in the world, behind the Bay Area and Boston. It’s an impressive claim that industry insiders say is the result of two major forces: the cluster of world-class research institutes that sprang up more than 40 years ago on the Torrey Pines Mesa and the success of one local company that fostered a generation of gutsy entrepreneurs with the money and expertise to start new companies. (Mentions UCSD) More

Greenlight Aims to Curb Power Demands for IT Systems
San Diego Business Journal, Aug. 4 --  Researchers at UCSD have fetched a $2.6 million from the National Science Foundation along with university sources to fund Project GreenLight, an initiative to improve energy efficiency in supercomputers. More

79 UCSD Tritons named to 2007-08 CCAA All-Academic Team
La Jolla Light, Aug. 1 -- A total of 79 UCSD student-athletes were named to the 2007-08 California Collegiate Athletic Association All-Academic Team on July 31 by the conference office. The Tritons had the most all-academic selections of the 11 CCAA member institutions. More

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