A Sampling of Clips for
April
30, 2002
UCSD
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University Communications
Office
The
ride of a lifetime
Washington
Post, April
30, Pg. C14 – Feature on Sally
Ride, a UCSD
physics professor and former NASA astronaut.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5436-2002Apr29.html
Glycobiology
goes to the ball
The
Scientist, Profile,
April 29 – UCSD’s
Ajit
Varki,
director of the Glycobiology Research and Training Center, is one
of the many scientists attempting to characterize the entire
complement of sugar chains in a cell, called the glycome.
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Critical
carbs
The
Scientist, Profile,
April 29 – Several studies, including a UCSD
study
performed by James
Marth a
professor of cellular and molecular medicine, suggest that
Glycobiology-related genetic diseases appear to be rare.
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Oreste
Piccioni, 86; Leader in the field of subatomic physics
Los
Angeles Times, Obituaries,
April 30 -- Oreste Piccioni,
a leader in the field of elementary particle physics and emeritus
professor at UCSD,
has died. He was 86.
http://www.latimes.com/la-000030696apr30.story
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article appeared in:
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Online, April
30
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Engineers
say terrorism threat spurs bridge retrofitting
Associated
Press, April
29 – The Federal highway administration is working to assess the
vulnerability of the nations bridges and overpasses in the event
of a natural disaster or act of terrorism. (Quotes UCSD
professor of structural engineering Frieder
Seible).
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The
‘Wi-Fi’ route to the internet
Newsday,
April
30, Pg. D09 -
Wireless
fidelity, an inexpensive and popular method of creating wireless
networks in homes and businesses, is creating many hot spots used
for many projects including the
UCSD campus shuttle that marries 3G and Wi-Fi
technologies. (Quotes Ramesh
Rao, director of Cal – (IT)2).
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Sense
of self may be brain’s computer at work
Dallas
Morning News, April
30 – UCSD
philosopher Patricia Churchland
thinks the “self” is a concept that the brain uses
to organize its activity, a sort of tool for bringing coherence to
its perceptions, decisions and plans for action.
Her work is published in a recent issue of the journal Science.
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Give
thieves a blast: detonate your chip!
The
Australian, April
30 – UCSD chemist Michael
Sailor discovered a way to make computer chips explode.
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