A Sampling of Clips for June 23^th, 2009

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Hunting Ways to Protect Babies When Mom Drinks
MSNBC, June 22 -- Drinking during pregnancy can seriously harm a baby's brain, yet thousands of mothers-to-be still do. Now scientists have begun testing whether a prenatal nutrient might offer those babies a little protection, part of a growing quest for ways to reverse the damage. Christina Chambers of UCSD is overseeing the first clinical trial -- aiming to test 600 pregnant women in Ukraine -- to see if prenatal choline, a nutrient, might help. More

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James Mixes Work, Play in San Diego
ESPN, June 22 -- LeBron James is moving his King's Academy summer basketball camp from his hometown of Akron, Ohio, to the campus of UCSD. More

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Unplanned Parenthood: When the Baby is a “Little Surprise”
The Wall Street Journal, June 23 -- New research suggests children who aren’t planned, or who didn’t arrive at the time their parents expected, receive less warm, nurturing parental time, as well as fewer books and other learning materials in the home. The study, authored by Jennifer Barber of the University of Michigan and Patricia East of UCSD, appears in the latest issue of the journal Child Development. More

Behavior: Better Performance after a Dreaming Nap
The New York Times, June 22 -- Have to solve a problem? Try taking a nap. But it has to be the right kind of nap — one that includes rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep, the kind that includes dreams, says UCSD researcher Sara Mednick. More

Shifts in Earth's Magnetic Field Driven by Oceans?
National Geographic, June 22 -- The flow of seawater across Earth's surface could be responsible for small fluctuations in the planet's magnetic field, a controversial new study says. (Quotes Robert Parker of UCSD) More

Flying Radar System to Help Track California's Earthquake Faults
Los Angeles Times, June 23 -- A new radar imaging system on the belly of a Gulfstream jet that is flying over California’s complicated network of faults has started collecting some of the most detailed images yet of the Earth’s surface shifting and straining with seismic energy, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said. (Quotes David Sandwell, a geophysicist at UCSD who is not involved in the NASA project) More

More Harm Than Good?
The Guardian, U.K., June 23 -- Last year, 22 million of us took a supplement and 13% of supplements sold in the UK boasted on the label that they contained antioxidants. Antioxidants, such as vitamins A, C and E, are marketed as good for our health but what is the evidence? (Quotes UCSD Professor Trey Ideker) More

A Dispatch from Tehran
Mother Jones, June 23 – Babak Rahimi is a professor of Islamic studies at UCSD who has been in Iran studying the elections. He's on his way home. But he sent this dispatch. More

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Potemkin Trading
MIT Tech Review, Opinion, June 22 – After years of delay, the United States is finally trying to tame the emission of gases that lead to global warming. The most likely outcome is some kind of cap- and-trade system that aims to put a lid on these greenhouse-gas emissions and allows firms to trade emission credits. (Written by David G. Victor, a professor at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at UCSD) More

Nevada Neighbor Shares Its Air Pollution
Las Vegas Sun, June 23 – Researchers have concluded that aerosols — fine droplets containing bits of dust, sea salt, soot from motor vehicles and burned wood, and even bacteria — have San Diego roots. And they get here following the same path most Californians take: Interstate 15. Lynn Russell, a professor of atmospheric chemistry, and her team at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD, reached their conclusion after sampling air at a San Diego pier last year. More

San Diego Scientists Urge Action on Climate Change
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 23 – Twenty leading U.S. climate experts, including two scientists from San Diego, released an open letter to President Barack Obama and Congress yesterday. Signers included Ralph Keeling, a professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, and Richard Somerville, a distinguished professor emeritus from the same school. Scripps is part of UCSD. More

UCSD Using Robotic Arm to Treat Heart Patients
10News, June 22 – Doctors at the UCSD Medical Center are using a robotic arm to help treat patients with an irregular heartbeat, it was announced Monday. More

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50th District Already a Battlefield
North County Times, June 22 – The field for the 2010 election in North County's Congressional District already is taking shape, with two Democratic candidates actively campaigning, either raising cash or soliciting endorsements, and taking shots at incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Bilbray. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

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