A Sampling of Clips for May 7^th, 2008

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Federal Agents Arrest Illegal Immigrants Leaving U.S.
Los Angeles Times, May 7 -- U.S. border authorities no longer apprehend illegal immigrants only as they enter the country. Now they're catching them on the way out. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center of Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More

Mexican Smugglers Take to Sea to Cross into U.S.
NPR, May 7 -- U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in San Diego are seeing an increase in smuggling by sea. Improvements in border security on land have pushed immigrant and drug smugglers offshore. During the past few months, dozens of small boats have been found on the beaches near the border. Now federal agents are responding. (Quotes Wayne Cornelius, director of the Center of Comparative Immigration Studies at UCSD) More

MIT Prof: A Gas Tax Cut Won't Bring Much Relief
The Boston Globe, May 6 -- Gas station owners are likely to benefit from cuts to federal and state gas taxes as much as, if not more than, consumers, according to a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management. (Mentions UCSD researcher Krislert Samphantharak) More

Officials’ Memory an Issue When Time Stands Still
The New York Times, May 7 -- The officials huddled on the court, armed with nothing but their memories of a few fleeting seconds of action. They were trying to determine the length of time it took to run a play, which is nearly impossible to determine without a clock. (Quotes Marc Wittman, a neuropsychologist and time researcher at UCSD) More

Researchers Design Smart Nanoworms to Destroy Tumours
MSN Life & Style, May 7 -- Nanoworms' could be the next generation of bio-devices to locate and destroy tumours too small to detect by conventional methods, according to UCSD researcher Michael Sailor. More

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NASA Scientist to Receive Scripps' Nierenberg Prize
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 7 -- James E. Hansen, a NASA scientist who says the Bush administration attempted to censor his warnings about the perils of global warming, will be honored tomorrow night at 7 at the Forum Theater of the La Jolla Playhouse at UCSD. More

Sampling San Diego's Smoggy Skies
KPBS, May 7 -- Scientists at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography are using an unmanned aircraft to sample Southern California's air. They're looking to find out what's in our smog and where it comes from.  KPBS Reporter Ed Joyce has details. More

Tuberculosis on the Rise in San Diego
KPBS, May 7 -- Human cases of a type of tuberculosis associated with cattle are on the rise in San Diego County. UCSD researchers suspect the culprit may be the consumption of unpasteurized dairy products from Mexico. More

UCSD Given $2.5 Million Research Grant
The San Diego Daily Transcript, May 6 -- The UCSD School of Medicine’s Division of Gastroenterology has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the NIH. More