Huge Arctic ice break discovered

Huge Arctic ice break discovered

   A vast ice shelf broke away in the Canadian Arctic last year, in what could be another sign of global warming.

Knighthood for UK science adviser

Knighthood for UK science adviser

   Howard Dalton, a chief scientific adviser to the UK government, is among the scientists receiving New Year honours.

Maths solution tops science class

Maths solution tops science class

   A solution to maths' Poincare Conjecture was the most important advance of 2006, Science magazine says.

Space shuttle returns to Florida

Space shuttle returns to Florida

   The space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew land safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Protein key to parasite potency

Protein key to parasite potency

   Experts are closer to learning why a parasite is harmless to most but causes toxoplasmosis in others.

Military team reaches South Pole

Military team reaches South Pole

   Three Royal Marines and a Royal Navy sailor become the first military personnel to reach the South Pole for nearly 100 years.

New Yorkers given rabies warning

New Yorkers given rabies warning

   Health officials warn New Yorkers to avoid stray animals after a series of rabies cases in Staten Island.

Double hand transplant 'success'

Double hand transplant 'success'

   A Spaniard has become the first woman in the world to receive a double hand transplant.

US accepts threat to polar bears

US accepts threat to polar bears

   The US says it plans to list polar bears as a threatened species because of declining Arctic ice levels.

Space telescope to hunt planets

Space telescope to hunt planets

   The French-led Corot mission takes off on a quest to find planets outside our Solar System.

Red kites threatened in Scotland

Red kites threatened in Scotland

   RSPB Scotland says red kite numbers are under threat across the country because of illegal poinsoning.

US body backs sale of cloned food

US body backs sale of cloned food

   US food authorities say food from cloned animals is safe to eat, paving the way for its eventual sale in shops.

Robot heading for Antarctic dive

Robot heading for Antarctic dive

   The UK's first deep-diving remotely operated vehicle is to trawl the depths of the Antarctic sea-bed.

Win a Video iPod, $500 & more

Win a Video iPod, $500 & more

   Take an Open Book Quiz...Knovel Style. You could win one of 15 prizes- a 30G Video iPod, an iPod Shuffle or the $500 Grand Prize! Open to UCSD students and postdocs. Use www.knovel.com to answer the five questions correctly. Contest...

Merck Index Update

Merck Index Update

   Merck and CambridgeSoft have just released the 14th edition of the Merck Index. The Merck Index is an online, searchable encyclopedia with information and key references for nearly 11,200 drugs and biologically significant chemicals. What's new with the 14th edition:...

Recent UCSD Articles: Chemistry/Chemical Engineering

Recent UCSD Articles: Chemistry/Chemical Engineering

   Some recent articles authored or co-authored by faculty from the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and the Department of Chemical Engineering, as indexed in Web of Science. Total synthesis of marinomycins A-C Nicolaou KC, Nold AL, Milburn RR, Schindler CS...