A Sampling of Clips for June 26^th, 2008

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Breast Cancer Vaccines Look Promising
Forbes, June 26 -- Women with metastatic breast cancer who developed an immune response to an investigational vaccine lived twice as long as those who didn't have an immune response, new research shows. (Mentions research at UCSD) More

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Ban Spurs Dramatic Fish Recovery in Australia
National Geographic, June 24 -- Australia's coral trout have thrived under a fishing ban on the Great Barrier Reef, showing that no-take reserves can spur dramatic comebacks in overfished ocean habitats, new research suggests. (Quotes Enric Sala, a marine biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More

Coming Soon: The Robot Teacher That Reads Your Face
Discover Magazine, June 25 -- Jacob Whitehill, a computer science PhD student at UCSD, has created software that would allow him to control how fast a video played just by moving his face. That was the first step, he says—showing that a computer could pick up on facial movements and, if it was programmed correctly, use those movements as instructions. More

Hotel Explosion Victim Released from Hospital
CBS5, San Francisco, Calif, June 26 -- A construction worker seriously injured in a San Diego hotel explosion last month has been released from the UCSD Medical Center. More

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Small Targets
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 26 -- If a cure for mitochondrial disease is eventually to be found, it will be up to doctors and researchers like Dr. Robert Naviaux and Dr. Richard Haas, co-directors of the UCSD Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disease Center, one of only 30 or so such specialized centers in the world. More

Want to Name a Sea Slug? A Nonprofit Might Let You.
Christian Science Monitor, June 25 -- Forget about getting a building named after yourself. The cash-strapped Scripps Institution of Oceanography is offering what might be an even better deal to someone looking to make a mark in history: A rare hydrothermal vent worm will forever be emblazoned with your name if you fork over $50,000. More

UCSD Students Take to Studying Abroad
La Jolla Light, June 25 -- UCSD ranks second nationally among major research universities sending students abroad for full-year programs, according to the 2006-2007 Annual Report of UCSD's International Center. Yeshiva University in New York ranks first. More

Underwater Robots to Invade
La Jolla Light, June 25 – Scripps Institution of Oceanography is hosting the seventh annual Marine Advanced Technology Education Center's remotely operated vehicles (ROV) competition today through Saturday at UCSD's Canyonview Aquatics Center.  More

BP Chief Scientist to Speak at UCSD
La Jolla Light, June 25 -- Steve Koonin, chief scientist of British Petroleum, will deliver a free public lecture on "Energy: Facts, Challenges and Responses" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 15 at the Birch Aquarium at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More