A Sampling of Clips for 
September 04, 2002

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

Mobilized
San Diego Union Tribune, Front page, Sept. 4 – Article highlights scientific efforts at UCSD to combat terrorist attacks. In January, UCSD and SDSU formed the San Diego Regional Network fro Homeland Security to prepare for the worst. The network is being designed to draw from UCSD’s strengths as a research center, and SDSU’s ability to train emergency workers and health professionals through its school of public health. (Quotes UCSD Chancellor Robert Dynes).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/terror/20020904-9999_1n4terrorsi.html

Umami dearest
Washington Post, Sept. 4 – Scientists at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UCSD and the National Institutes of Health reported their discovery of a taste receptor that is sensitive to several of the amino acids found in proteins. Their findings were published in the March issue of the research journal Nature.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32554-2002Sep3.html

Dust-sized chips can detect bio attack
San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept. 4 – Researchers led by Michael J. Sailor, professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCSD, have developed dust-sized chips of silicon that detect biological and chemical agents, including substances a terrorist might dissolve in drinking water or spray into the atmosphere. The development is detailed in an advance online publication of the Oct. 1 issue of the journal Nature Materials.
* No link available online.

Snorkeling elephants
NPR, Sep. 2 – A UCSD study by pulmonary physiologist John West found that elephants have special lung tissue which allows them to “snorkel” underwater
Elephant Trunks