A Sampling of Clips for January 10^th, 2008

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The Road from Climate Science to Climate Advocacy
The New York Times, Jan. 9 -- Richard C. J. Somerville, a climatologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, is one of a growing array of scientists who have chosen to move beyond studying heat transfer and cloud physics and take on the role of activist: prodding society to move aggressively to cut greenhouse gases. More

Atmospheric Ambition
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 10 -- When the summer sun bakes the upper campus at UCSD, it's probably time to turn on the air conditioning. But for university buildings closest to the ocean, temperatures might be cool enough to open vents and windows and let breezes do the work for free. More

China to Freeze Energy Prices
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 10 -- Seeking to allay public discontent over inflation, China's government Wednesday froze prices on gasoline and other energy sources and warned of punishment for hoarding. (Quotes Barry Naughton, a China economy specialist at UCSD) More

UCSD Study: Social Pressure Can Get Smokers To Quit
10News, Jan. 9  -- Social pressure plays a key role in getting smokers to break the habit, a newly released UCSD study concludes. More

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A Pack-rat Mentality
Colorado Springs Gazette, Jan. 10 -- Physician Sanjaya Saxena, director of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Program at UCSD, has been discovering differences in compulsive hoarders using brainmapping techniques. He said hoarding is extraordinarily common. More

Mangrove Forces Marshaled
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 10 -- Non-native mangrove plants were thought to have been eradicated nearly a decade ago from a Mission Bay salt marsh they had colonized. But on Saturday, volunteers will be back on soggy ground trying again to get rid of the die-hard bushes. (Quotes Isabelle Kay, manager UCSD’s habitat reserves) More

Receptor Shape Matters
Chemical and Engineering News, Jan. 10 -- Scientists have identified a key molecular feature of respiratory-system cells that may influence the ability of flu viruses to be transmissible from birds to humans and from person to person. (Quotes Ajit Varki, a professor of cellular and molecular medicine at the medical school at UCSD) More