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June 16, 2006

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Back to the Future
ScienceNOW, June 15 -- Every language has metaphors that express time in terms of space. An English speaker, for instance, might look forward to a date next week or look back on last year's office party with embarrassment and regret. But now, UCSD researchers report the first known example of a language that puts the past ahead and the future behind. More

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U.S. scientists invent 'Smart Petri Dish'
UPI, June 14 -- U.S. researchers say they have developed a "Smart Petri Dish" that can rapidly screen new drugs for toxic interactions. The UCSD scientists say the dish can also be used to identify cells in a patient's blood during the early stages of cancer. More

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Angelides Is Trying to Lean to the Center
Los Angeles Times, June 15 -- In his opening days as the Democratic nominee for governor, state Treasurer Phil Angelides has moved to broaden his appeal to mainstream Californians by casting himself as a fiscal conservative and champion of the middle class. (Quotes Samuel Popkin, a UCSD political science professor) More

Andy Warhol's Dream America
Comes to the San Diego Museum of Art
KPBS, June 15 -- This summer, the San Diego Museum of Art hosts an exhibit of Andy Warhol's screenprints called Andy Warhol's Dream America. Guest host Maureen Cavanaugh talks with curator Bettie Sue Hertz and modern art historian and UCSD Professor John Welchman about the cultural and artistic influence of Andy Warhol. More

Kalam Exhorts
U.S., Indian Scientists to Work Together
India West, June 16 -- When President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam addressed a standing-room-only audience on the UCSD campus May 31, he was there but he wasn't there. High-definition cameras at the presidential palace in New Delhi captured his image and the video signals were transmitted over a dedicated network of optical fiber stretching over 10,000 miles between the Indian capital and the La Jolla headquarters of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology. More

Zapped of its Potential
San Diego Union Tribune, June 16 -- When LightPointe Communications shut down abruptly last month, it marked the demise of the third San Diego startup company specializing in rooftop lasers to transmit high-speed data. (Quotes Anthony Acampora, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at UCSD) More