A Sampling of Clips
for September 30^th, 2008

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The Doctors
KUSI, Sept. 29 -- The UCSD Center for the Future of Surgery is featured on the nationally syndicated daytime talk show The Doctors. Dr. Mark Talamini and Dr. Santiago Horgan and patient "Amy" discuss scarless surgery, otherwise known as NOTES--natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery. More

Tracking Laptop Thieves Safely
MIT Technology Review, Sept. 30 – Tadayoshi Kohno and his colleagues at the University of Washington and UCSD, have developed Adeona, a free piece of software that records location information in such a way that only a legitimate user should ever be able to gain access to it. More

Europe Temperatures Rise More Than Global Average (Update1)
Bloomberg, Sept. 29 -- Climate change has caused European temperatures to warm faster than the world average, risking economic harm in coastal areas as sea levels rise, according to a new study. (Quotes Richard Somerville, distinguished professor emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More

Do We All Have Some Synaesthetic Ability?
New Scientist, U.K., Sept. 30 -- So, you think you're not synaesthetic. You might have to think again. New research shows that many people have traces of the condition without realizing it. (Mentions research by Ursina Teuscher, at UCSD, and her colleagues) More

When Politics Competes with Science
KPBS, Sept. 29 -- The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prevents the government from forbidding certain kinds of scientific research. But the government can decide what it is willing to fund. It can also decide what kinds of research it will choose to ignore or, in some cases, keep under wraps. These Days host Tom Fudge interviews Naomi Oreskes, professor of history at UCSD, who studies the history of scientific knowledge of the earth and environment. More

Local Universities Receive Multi-Million Dollar Government Contracts
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept. 29 -- Both UCSD and SDSU are being awarded multi-million dollar contracts to provide analysis in support of government scientific research and development projects. More

UCSD Leases Wet Lab Research Space in Torrey Pines
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept. 29 -- UCSD has signed a 10-year lease valued at more than $19 million for the 48,233-square-foot biotech research building at 3525 John Hopkins Court in the Torrey Pines submarket of San Diego. More

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