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October 04, 2005

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Universities Selected for Nanotech Research
San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 4-Two universities in Southern California will lead research collaborations in the use of molecular-scale nanotechnology devices to detect and destroy tumor cells under grant awards announced Monday by the National Cancer Institute. Centers based at UCSD and the California Institute of Technology will each receive a share of the $26.3 million in the inaugural year of a five-year program. More

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Channel 10 News, San Diego, Oct. 3
San Diego Union-Tribune, Oct. 4

Efforts to Restore
Kelp Suffering Growing Pains
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 3-Not many farmers wear a wetsuit to work. But Tom Ford isn't running your average farm. Instead of a tractor he drives a motorboat. And rather than chase away insects and rodents, he fights off prickly sea urchins. (Quote by Paul Dayton, a marine ecology professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Post-Katrina
Easing of Labor Laws Stirs Debate
ABC News, Oct. 4-In the wake of hurricane Katrina, recent moves by the US government may help would-be migrants choose where to go. And decisions in Washington are reigniting the immigration debate. (Quote by Jeffrey Davidow, president of the Institute of the Americas at UCSD.) More

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USA Today, Oct. 3
Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 3

New Chemistry Grads in 2004
Chemical and Engineering News, Sept. 26-Chemical and Engineering News just published the top 25 list of chemistry Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate producers. UCSD was the top producer of Master's grads (50) and the second highest producer of American Chemical Society Certified Bachelor's graduates (74). More

R is for Robot
Wired News, Oct. 13-For the past six months, children at UCSD's Early Childhood Education Center have spent half an hour of each school day interacting with one of two robots. Rubi the robot takes on the role of a teacher, leading songs and playing games that instill basics like ABCs, shapes, and colors. She alternates days with Qrio, Sony's swanky prototype humanoid. More

How Young is Too Young?
News Leader, Oct. 4-Many specialists say autism isn't identifiable in most children until at least 18 months of age, when the behaviors that are the common hallmarks of the disorder are more apparent. But thanks to studies showing that preschoolers often respond better to treatment than do children diagnosed at earlier ages - as measured by gains in language and IQ scores - specialists are exploring whether children diagnosed at even younger ages might fare even better. (Refers to research by UCSD.) More