A Sampling of Clips for
November 21, 2002
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Global warming
‘train wreck’ forecast for water supplies in West
Associated Press, Nov. 21 –
Global warming will have a devastating effect on the availability
of water in the western United States, according to a new study
involving more than two dozen scientists and engineers, including
Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers.
(Quotes Tim Barnett, a research marine physicist
at Scripps).
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Related articles appeared
in:
Los
Angeles Times, Nov. 21
USA
Today, Nov. 21
CNN,
Nov. 21
ABC
News, Nov. 21
Newsday,
Nov. 21
Miami
Herald, Nov. 21
San
Diego Channel 10 News, Nov. 19 
San
Diego Union Tribune, Nov. 21
North
County Times, Nov. 21
Oakland
Tribune, Nov. 21
San
Mateo County Times, Nov. 21
Tri-Valley
Herald, Nov. 21
WFTV
Eyewitness News 9, Nov. 21
Inside
Baltimore, Nov. 21
WGRZ
TV, Nov. 21
Anchorage
Daily News, Nov. 21
News
Observer, Nov. 21
Philly
Blurbs, Nov. 21
The
Olympian, Nov. 21
Record
Net, Nov. 21
Oregon
Live, Nov. 21
Santa
Fe New Mexican, Nov. 21
Twin
Cities,
Nov. 21
Ledger-enquirer,
Nov. 21
Duluth
Superior, Nov. 21
The
State, Nov. 21
News-Sentinel,
Nov. 21
Times
Leader, Nov. 21
Bay
Area, Nov. 21
Computer
predicts bacteria action
United Press International, Nov. 21
– A computer model is helping UCSD bioengineers
predict how bacteria evolve under specific conditions. UCSD
professor Bernhard Palsson says, “We
could possible use such a system to predict the evolutionary
stability of bacteria and potentially predict the probability
of a drug-resistant strain developing.”
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No link available online.
Chiaro Beats
Cisco, Juniper to U.S. OptIPuter Grid Contract
The Marker (Israel), Nov. 18 –Chiaro
Networks, the most extensively financed startup in Israeli history,
will supply its Enstara platforms to the OptIPuter project,
led by Cal-(IT)2 and UCSD. Cal –(IT)2
director Larry Smarr is the principal investigator on the OptIPuter
project. Chiaro joins other Cal-(IT)2 institute partners, including
IBM, Telcordia Technologies and the San Diego Supercomputer
Center, on the OptIPuter initiative. http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/eclips/PDF/TheMarker_Optiputer.pdf
Related article appeared
in:
Haaretz
Daily (Israel), Nov. 20
http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/eclips/PDF/Haaretz_Optiputer.pdf
