A Sampling of Clips for May 14^th, 2008

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Need Your Appendix Out? Let Me Reach Down Your Throat
Voice of America, May 13 -- Medical researchers keep looking for less invasive ways to perform operations. The aim is to cut less and to reduce pain and recovery time. Some researchers see a future in NOTES, short for Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery. (Mentions a ground-breaking surgery at the UCSD Medical Center) More

Wetsuit Inventor Has Died at Age 92
USA Today, May 12 -- The scientist credited with inventing the wetsuit has died at age 92. Hugh Bradner, a noted physicist and professor emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, died last Monday after a prolonged illness. More

Scan This: Art ImitatesTech in Surveillance Show
Wired News, May 13 -- Marie Sester likes to watch.  To be more precise, the Los Angeles-based artist likes to create interactive sculptures that raise questions about technology-empowered invasions of privacy.  Her new installation Exposure at Calit2 at UCSD projects pictures of trucks and houses captured with state-of-the-art scanning gear. More

As Civic Woes Pile Up, San Diego Loses its Usual Cool
Christian Science Monitor, May 14 -- East Coast transplants like to complain that laid-back San Diegans are eternally unruffled. But at City Hall, at least, this stereotype is no longer operative. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Thad Kousser) More

Nanoworms Target Tumors
MIT Technology Review, May 14 -- Early-stage tumors are often too small to see with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Now, a team of researchers, including Michael Sailor from UCSD, has developed magnetic "nanoworm" particles that can circulate for a day in the bloodstream and home in on tumors, helping to enhance an MRI image. More

UCSD Scientists Predict Large Aftershock In China
NBC 7/39, San Diego, May 14 -- Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have been analyzing geological data coming out of China, but they still have not seen an expected event that could create even more damage. More

S.D. School Board to Consider Renewing Contract with Preuss 
KPBS, May 14 -- San Diego school board will consider whether to renew its contract with UCSD’s Preuss Charter School today. The charter school needs that contract to stay in business. More

Foreclosures Reach New High, More to Come
North County Times, May 13 -- North County foreclosures reached a new high in April, and a forward-looking indicator suggests that the region's foreclosure crisis will not be going away soon. (Quotes UCSD economist James Hamilton) More

Disaster Readiness in San Diego
FOX6 News, May 13 -- Earthquake, typhoon, wildfire. “What I see from other parts of the world, even the nation, I think California could learn more,” reflected UCSD Professor José Restrepo.   More

What Job Is This Guy Running For?
Voice of San Diego, May 14 -- f he's elected, Steve Francis promises to cut high-school dropout rates, work to introduce green curriculum in schools and improve health care, electricity pricing options and high-speed Internet access. Not to mention addressing gas prices. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Steve Erie) More

UCSD Medical Center Names Physician of the Year Winner
The San Diego Daily Transcript, May 13 -- UCSD has named Thomas J. Savides, M.D., clinical service chief for gastroenterology, UCSD Medical Center and professor of clinical medicine at UCSD School of Medicine, Physician of the Year. More