A Sampling of Clips for 
August 10 - 12, 2002

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Study claims Asian air pollution may be changing weather patterns, damaging economies
Associated Press, Aug. 12 – The “Asian Brown Cloud,” a 2-mile-thick blanket of pollution over South Asia, may be causing the premature deaths of a half-million people in India each year, deadly flooding in some areas and drought in others, according to the biggest-ever study of the phenomenon. V. Ramanathan and Paul Crutzen, Scripps Institution of Oceanography professors at the Center for atmospheric studies and authors of the study, say more research is needed but some trends are clear.
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AP article also appeared in:
New York Times, Aug. 11
Reuters.com, Aug. 11
Toronto Star, Aug. 12
San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 12
North County Times, Aug. 12

Related article appeared in:
ABC News online, Aug. 12
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s646670.htm

BBC News, Aug. 12
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2188494.stm

The Guardian (London), Aug. 12
http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalwarming/story/0,7369,773143,00.html

Times online.com, Aug. 12
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-381531,00.html

Congestive heart failure treatment shows success in animal model
NewsRx.com, Aug. 12 – UCSD researchers have developed a therapeutic gene and molecular delivery system that provides successful long-term gene therapy that halts chronic heart failure in experimental animals. UCSD professor of medicine Kenneth Chien is the senior author of a study published online by the journal Nature Medicine.
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Charlton Heston reveals he may have Alzheimer’s
Washington Post, Aug. 10, Pg. 01 – Actor Charlton Heston disclosed that he has symptoms consistent with the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. (Quotes Leon Thal, UCSD professor and chair of neurosciences).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A734-2002Aug9.html

Gone to bits
Copley News Service, Aug. 12 – A team of San Diego Supercomputer Center scientists led by Reagan Moore are widely seen as closer than anyone else to coming up with a way to preserve digital information for the future. Documents form the Digital Age such as CD-ROMs, fluffy disks and magnetic tape, may not stand the test of time. “The fact that a lot of very historically key documents are being created in digital form these days means there’s tremendous risk of losing the historical memory of the nation,” said Richard Marciano, a research scientist at the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
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Accused gene thief reinstated in Calif.
Boston Herald, Aug. 10, Pg. 19 – UCSD officials have concluded their investigation of research associate Jiangyu Zhu and will allow him to continue working, although the university added several conditions to his employment.
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Romping with sharks a lark for snorkelers
San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 12 – Feature on the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Shark Discovery Days, running now through Labor Day at La Jolla Shores.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/metro/news_1m12sharks.html

Last mile by laser
Scientific American, July issue – UCSD professor of electrical & computer engineering Anthony Acampora writes about how short-range infrared lasers could beam advanced broadband multimedia services directly into homes and offices.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0008069E-808A-1D06-8E49809EC588EEDF

Visions of life-changing technology succumb to economic downturn
Copley News Service, Aug. 12 – Technology companies large and small are focused on proven products as they try to shore up their bottom lines in a desperate fight for survival. (Quotes Cal-(IT)2 director Larry Smarr).
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Quincy Troupe
San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 11, Pg. 1 – A panel of poets, including California poet laureate and UCSD professor of literature Quincy Troupe, evaluates rapper Eminem’s use of imagination, content, meter and rhyme in his albums.
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