A Sampling of Clips for
June 3, 2005
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Study
Narrows Search
for Brain's Memory Site
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 3-A
lot of brain activity is required to retrieve facts from distant
events such as images, smells, sounds and emotions and then
stitch them together into a coherent memory. Scientists led
by UCSD neuroscientist Larry Squire
have now discovered where in the brain it all happens, or, more
precisely, where it doesn't happen. More
Humans
Warming Oceans: Scientists
Xinhuanet, China, June 2-Using a combination
of computer models and real-world observed data, scientists
led by Tim Barnett at the Scripps Institution
of Oceanography said on Thursday they have found the
first clear evidence that humans are warming the world's oceans.
More
'Madhouse':
Nonelective Surgery
New York Times, May 29-Book review
of 'Madhouse': Nonelective Surgery, written by Andrew
Scull, Chairman of the Department of Sociology at UCSD.
More
Novel Insights
Into How Prion and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Develop
News-Medical.Net, June 3-Abnormal
prion proteins are little understood disease agents involved
in causing horrific brain-wasting diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jacob
disease in people, mad cow disease in cattle and chronic wasting
disease in deer and elk. (Refers to research by Eliezer
Masliah, a professor at UCSD.) More
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Water Intoxication
Poses Liquidating Threat to Marathoners
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 3-With
18,000 runners and walkers descending on San Diego for Sunday's
eighth annual Coca-Cola Zero Rock 'n' Roll Marathon, hyponatremia,
or water intoxication, has become one of the hottest marathon
topics. (Refers to research by UCSD.) More
At a Crossroad:
California's Transportation Infrastructure
Voice of San Diego, June 3-Will California's
population experience increased transportation delays, gridlock,
environmental pollution and skyrocketing costs, or will it embrace
the challenge of transportation infrastructure modernization
to improve the quality of life? This question was the focus
of the 2005 San Diego World Trade Center Global Logistics Symposium
held on May 18, 2005. (Quote by Stephen Erie,
a political science professor at UCSD.) More
Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 1-Q
& A column by Sherry Seethaler, a UCSD
science writer and educator who answers science questions submitted
by San Diego Union-Tribune readers. More
