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May 08, 2002  
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Science Briefs
Boston Globe, Science Briefs, May 7, Pg. E2 – Superconductivity is a phenomenon with many surprises, and that can be interfered with in many ways. UCSD Chancellor and physicist Robert Dynes and colleagues have shown for the first time that a thin coating of silver on lead actually allows the metal to be superconducting at a higher temperature than is possible for uncoated lead.
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Partnership heads out to sea
San Diego Union Tribune, May 8 – Scripps Institution of Oceanography has joined with the World Wildlife Fund to save some of the most threatened marine environments in the world. The collaboration is called “Partnership for Sea Change.” (Quotes Nancy Knowlton, director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps).
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Cesareans increasingly are delivery of choice for busy women
USA Today, Health & Science, May 8 – More women are asking for pre-scheduled cesarean births even if there is no medical reason for them, and doctors are deeply divided over the ethics of these elective surgeries. (Quotes UCSD school of medicine professor and associate dean Robert Resnik).
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Puzzling consumers hold key
San Diego Union Tribune, Don Bauder column, May 8 – UCSD economist Ross Starr is one of the experts that commented about yesterday’s news that consumers added debt at a slightly slower-than-expected rate in March.
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Letter writer urges study for an airport between L.A, S.D.
San Diego Union Tribune, Neil Morgan column, May 8 – Opinion letter composed by UCSD professor emeritus of medicine Alan F. Hoffmann discusses the possibility of an airport located halfway between San Diego and Los Angeles. 
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