A Sampling of Clips for
April
11, 2002
UCSD
faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the
University Communications
Office
NASA
asking some research subjects to spend 30 days in bed
CNN,
American Morning with Paula Zahn, April
11 – A NASA Twin Study led by UCSD
scientist Alan Hargens
evaluated what happens to the body if confined to long-term bed
rest. Researchers
work to find a way to help astronauts maintain fitness in a
confined zero-gravity environment.
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Detecting
terrorist weapons
Chemical
& Engineering News, Science
and Technology, April 8 – At a daylong symposium scientists
including UCSD chemistry
and biochemistry professor Michael
Sailor discussed a
variety of sensors being developed for detecting biological
and chemical weapons.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/8014/8014sci2.html
Scientists
alarmed by Bush’s stand on bill
San
Diego Union Tribune, April
11 – San Diego scientists including UCSD
professors Lawrence Goldstein
and Fred Levine expressed
alarm over President Bush’s support for banning the creation of
embryos to develop stem cells. (Also quotes UCSD
pediatrics professor and director of the university’s
Program in Human Gene Therapy Theodore
Friedmann).
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Also
appeared in:
Copley News Service,
April
11
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Taking
a swipe at debt
San
Diego Union Tribune, April
11 – A task force comprised of officials from UCSD,
USD, San Diego State University and two nonprofit
credit-counseling services met yesterday to discuss ways to
improve how undergraduates manage their money.
The group hopes to educate students about spending within
their means. No
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Concerns
of oil shortage stemming from Venezuelan oil workers walking off
the job
Minnesota
Public Radio, Marketplace, April
10 – Striking oil workers in Venezuela could have a big impact
on US oil markets. Venezuela is the third-largest supplier of
crude and refined product to the United States. (UCSD
lecturer Mikkal Herberg was
among those interviewed).
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