Vidi Vitals, Monthly Newsletter of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Xconomy Seattle UW's Tadayoshi Kohno on Computer Security and How to Think Like the Bad Guy - September 2009 Optimum Energy Wants Buildings to Use More Software, Waste Less Power - April 2009 Theo Chocolate Teams Up With UW to Sniff Out the Perfect Bean - January 2009 All of Rachel's Xconomy Stories Biomedical Computation Review (all PDF files) Studying Force in 3D - Fall 2009 The Function of DNA Form - Summer 2009 RNA Families Set up House in Wikipedia - Spring 2009 Homing in on the Minimum Genome - Winter 2007/2008 UC Berkeley News A must-see spot - if you're a Berkeley bee - May, 2009 This is your brain on adolescence - October, 2008 Dying frogs sign of a biodiversity crisis - 8/12/2008 Jupiter and Saturn full of liquid metal helium - 8/06/2008 New technique to compress light could open doors for optical communications - 7/30/2008 University virologist named Keck Distinguished Young Scholar - 7/29/2008 Outdoor enthusiasts scaring off native carnivores in parks - 7/21/2008 Poet Alfred Arteaga, professor of Chicano and ethnic studies, dies at 58 - 7/11/2008 Genes could solve pollution mysteries - 7/10/2008 Parasite vaccines within reach - 7/02/2008 The Loh Down on Science Goin' Coconuts - September, 2009 Green Grass - February, 2009 Fur and Milk - 8/12/2008 UCSC Science Notes '08 Oil on the Rocks - 2008 The Scientist Finding the False - June, 2008 (registration required) Mongabay.com Roads are a major killer of amphibians, reveals study - 5/29/2008 Monterey County Herald (all PDF format) Food choices feeding future - 5/18/2008 (part 1) The Secret Love Lives of Octopi - 4/12/2008 (part 1) Predators keep moth in check - 3/13/2008 (part 1) (part 2) West Point Bound - 3/6/2008 (part 1) (part 2) Landlubbers can explore oceans on Web in real-time - 3/4/2008 (part 1) (part 2) Shark tracking reveals unique behavior, ‘cafe’ - 2/24/2008 (part 1) (part 2) Math, science internships for MAOS students - 2/16/2008 (part 1) (part 2) War, economy, health care key issues for voters - 2/6/2008 (part 1) (part 2) County takes a look at ban on plastic grocery bags - 2/4/2008 (part 1) (part 2) Maintaining green goods safety - 2/3/2008 (part 1) (part 2) Beaches steadily slipping into sea - 1/20/2008 (part 1) (part 2) Institutions form alliance to protect oceans - 1/10/2008(part 1) (part 2) Santa Cruz Sentinel Study focuses on visitor's impact on Natural Bridges' tide pools - 12/23/2007 (part 1) The 2008 SciCom Interviews Olufunmilayo Olopade - 5/2008 Center News, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center An Eye for a Nose? - 12/2007 Stanford Report Large, impending earthquakes may broadcast warnings - 12/12/2007 With big potential for computing, researchers develop a quantum 'light switch' - 12/7/2007 Ginzton lab researchers help build new quantum matter for use in simulations - 12/5/2007 Cleanup method uses activated carbon to anchor toxins to bottom of bay - 11/28/2007 Study finds deadly bacteria responds to light - 11/7/2007 'Mom' of radiological sciences lab wins Marsh O'Neill award - 11/7/2007 Outnumbered: women in math, science uncomfortable in minority, study finds - 10/17/2007 Group hopes small guide will have big impact on environment - 10/17/2007 Next up for professor with the book on office bullies: the acceptance speech - 10/17/2007 UCSF Today Cellular "Self-eating" Might be Turned Against Tumors - 10/26/2007 Simple Tool for Improving Doctor-Patient Communication Yields Significant Health Benefits - 9/27/2007 UCSF Scientists Aim to Use Saliva to Detect Oral Cancers - 8/21/2007 Looking for Cancer Clues in the Skeletons of our Cells - 7/18/2007 Learning Cut and Paste Rules to Fight a Deadly Fungus - 5/14/2007 Macular Degeneration - Preserving Eyesight through Regeneration Science - 3/9/2007 UCSF Synapse Red Wine Can Help With a Fatty Diet - 11/16/2006 The Science of Sleepy Flies - 10/15/2006
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