A Sampling of Clips for October 9^th, 2008

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Glowing Jellyfish Earns Nobel Prize
CNN, Oct. 8 -- Research into the mysterious green glow of a jellyfish earned three scientists this year's Nobel Prize for Chemistry, the Nobel Foundation announced Wednesday. Osamu Shimomura of the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts; Martin Chalfie of Columbia University; and Roger Tsien of UCSD won for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein GFP. More

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Are Three Guesses Better Than One?
Scientific American, October 2008 -- Psychologists Edward Vul of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harold Pashler of UCSD, asked 428 participants various trivia ques­tions and then, without warning, asked them to guess again later. On average, a person’s combined responses were more accurate than either of his or her guesses alone, the authors reported in Psychological Science in July. More

Civil Trial Under Way in Suit Over Advertising
Forbes, Oct. 9 -- n expert on smoking and health said Wednesday that R.J. Reynolds relied on suspect data to support its claim that smokers of its Eclipse cigarettes may face less risk than smokers of conventional ones. Testifying in a civil suit, Dr. David Burns, a pulmonologist and professor emeritus at the UCSD’s medical school, said too few people participated in studies of the cigarette and that they didn't use it long enough for scientists to draw meaningful conclusions about whether it's safer than other brands. More

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Economic 9/11' Exacting Grim Psychological Toll in US
Agence France Presse, Oct. 8 — The murder-suicide of a Los Angeles financial manager who shot dead five members of his family before killing himself has highlighted the psychological toll of the economic meltdown. (Quotes Judith Bardwick, a professor of clinical psychiatry at UCSD) More

RV Melville Returns From Epic Scientific Mission
News8, Oct. 8 -- -- Imagine a cruise that spans 917 days, 100,000 miles, and includes an underwater robot. It might not sound like the ideal vacation, but for scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, it was 2 1/2 years well spent. Now they're back in San Diego after studying the world of underwater volcanoes and magnetic fields. More

Team "Girlfriends Never Forget" Walks To Find A Cure
News8, Oct. 8 -- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and several days ago, the Susan G. Komen For the Cure donated more than $1 million to the Moores UCSD Cancer Center here in San Diego. The money was raised in part by thousands of walkers, two of which you're about to meet in this month's Buddies for Life. More

UCSD Takes 'Green' Seriously
La Jolla Light, Oct 8 -- UCSD's colors are blue and gold but they ought to be green. UCSD officials say the campus is striving to become a national model of energy sustainability, not only physically altering its campus to become increasingly more energy-efficient, but by incorporating green technology and theory into nearly 200 courses offered throughout the year, with new green classes being added each quarter. More

MBA Grads to Brave Tough Job Market
The San Diego Daily Transcript, Oct. 8 -- Robin Darmon doesn’t mince words when advising graduating MBA students -- those pursuing a master’s degree in business administration -- at UCSD. More

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