A Sampling of Clips for
February 2nd, 2007
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U.N. Says There's No Stopping Global Warming
Los Angeles Times, Feb. 2 -- In the strongest language it has ever used, a United Nations panel says global warming is "very likely" caused by human activities and has become a runaway train that cannot be stopped. (Quotes Ralph Keeling of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More
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China Gets Cold Feet for Foreign Investment
The Washington Post, Feb. 2 -- Since the mid-1990s, China has aggressively courted foreign investment, crediting capital from abroad with helping it become a world economic power. In recent months, however, the Chinese government, saying it needs to protect homegrown companies from unfair competition, has thrown a multitude of new regulations at foreign firms seeking to do business in China. (Quotes UCSD economist Barry Naughton) More
California Living on the Edge
Contra Costa Times, Feb. 2 -- California is a state on the edge. Now, add another to the list of threats: global warming. California is especially vulnerable to climate change, whether it comes gradually or with catastrophic speed. (Quotes Daniel Cayan, a research meteorologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD) More
Half-Billion-Dollar Bonanza for Plant Scientists
Science NOW, Feb. 1 -- A new $500 million biofuels institute will be built at the University of California, Berkeley, with funds from BP, the oil giant announced today. The award marks a new era for plant scientists and a new commitment by the fossil fuel giant toward renewable energy science. (Mentions UCSD) More
Engineering a Start-up
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 1 -- When UCSD engineering professor Yu-Hwa Lo discovered he could make a flat zoom lens by changing fluidic pressure in the lens, he knew it might have commercial applications. He just wasn't sure how. More
Guidelines on Stem Cell Research Offered
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 1 -- An international organization of stem cell scientists released guidelines yesterday that aim to dictate rigorous ethical standards for research on human embryonic stem cells. (Quotes Larry Goldstein, an embryonic stem cell researcher at UCSD) More
UCSD Hot Shot Hates Hoopla
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 1 – Leora Juster hadn't even started her senior season before she had earned the billing of most decorated athlete in the 36-year history of UCSD’s women’s basketball program. She became the program's all-time leading scorer last season and is the reigning California Collegiate Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player. More