A Sampling of Clips for
May 20, 2005
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Color-Changing
Nanoparticles
Offer A Golden Ruler for Molecules
Science Magazine, May 2005-At a meeting
at UC Berkeley last week, a chemist reported a way to use pairs
of gold nanoparticles to track the binding and unbinding of
DNA. (Quote by Thomas Kipps, a cancer cell
biologist at UCSD.) More
UCSD and
Los Alamos Lab Team Up
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 20-UCSD
is partnering with the Los Alamos National Laboratory to form
an engineering institute to collaborate for teaching and research.
More
Allergy
Relief: Astelin Edges Zyrtec
WebMD, May 19-Hay fever sufferers
may get better relief from a nasal antihistamine than from an
oral antihistamine, a clinical trial shows. (Quote by Eli
O. Meltzer, a clinical professor of pediatrics at UCSD.)
More
Kathleen
Dunn Show
WPR, Wisconsin, May 19-Grant
Goodall, a linguistics and languages expert at UCSD
joins Kathleen Dunn, to discuss why older age shouldn't inhibit
learning new languages. More
Gene Keeps
Neural Cells on Correct Developmental Path
Innovations Report, May 20-Embryonic stem cells with identical
genomes grow into distinctive tissues, such as heart, bone,
and brain. (Quote by Michael G. Rosenfeld,
a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at UCSD.)
More
Is the Brain
Really that Plastic? Perhaps Not
Medical News Today, May 20-The visual
cortex of the adult primate brain displays less flexibility
in response to retinal injury than previously thought, according
to a new study by by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital
and colleagues at Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics.
(Refers to research by Martin I. Sereno, a
neuroscientist at UCSD.) More
Reaching
for the Stars: Colleges
Compete for Big Names for Big Day
Sacramento Bee, May 20-College graduation
season has opened, and this year, commencement speakers ranging
from A-list Hollywood stars and billionaire entrepreneurs to
little-known scientists are dispensing words of inspiration,
wisdom and meaning to the class of 2005. In June: "Desperate
Housewives" actor Ricardo Chavira stars at the UCSD
graduation. More
Sanders Says Plan to Cut
Bureaucracy Can Help City Hall
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 19-San
Diego mayoral candidate Jerry Sanders will unveil a bureaucracy-cutting
plan today that he says could trim about $10 million from a
$50 million general-fund budget deficit. Sanders said his plan
is inspired by management efficiencies seen elsewhere, including
the county of San Diego and UCSD. More
