function chooseHighlightPic()
{
numImages = 6;
randomNum = Math.floor ((Math.random() * numImages)+1);
switch (randomNum)
{
/*Array items go in this order:
0 - photo URL
1 - mixed case lead-in
2 - highlight blurb
3 - caption (often just blank)
4 - URL for More >> link
5 - image alt text
*/
case 1: highlightPic = new Array("/mse/imgs/highlights/09_ohuchi_combinatorial.jpg", "Combinatorial Materials Testing", "Today's semiconductor devices are made of parts containing just a few hundred atoms of silicon and other materials. At the Micron Laboratory for Combinatorial Materials Exploration, UW researchers strive to make devices even smaller.", "", "/mse/news/0703_micron_lab.shtml", ""); break;
case 2: highlightPic = new Array("/mse/imgs/highlights/0904_scorp_nano.jpg", "Stinging Cancer with Nanoscience", "By combining nanoparticles with a scorpion venom compound already being investigated for treating brain cancer, UW researchers led by Miqin Zhang found they could cut the spread of cancerous cells significantly.", "Tumor cells treated with nanoparticles plus chlorotoxin were the only ones unable to elongate and slip through the body, as shown in the bottom panel.", "/mse/news/0904_zhang_scorp_cancer.shtml", ""); break;
case 3: highlightPic = new Array("/mse/imgs/highlights/09_intel.jpg", "Teaming with Intel on Solar Energy", "Intel Research Seattle and three MSE professors are collaborating on a project to improve organic photovoltaics (OPVs), a promising technology that may help meet the growing demand for energy.", "", "/mse/news/0811_intel_opv.shtml", ""); break;
case 4: highlightPic = new Array("/mse/imgs/highlights/09_luscombeteach.jpg", "Undergrads Get the Write Preparation", "Christine Luscombe is using part of the $495,000 CAREER Award she received from the National Science Foundation to develop a writing program for seniors. Luscombe, who says she learned to write scientific papers out of necessity, wants her students to be better prepared.", "", "/mse/news/0811_luscombe_writing.shtml", ""); break;
case 5: highlightPic = new Array("/mse/imgs/highlights/09_sarikaya.jpg", "Mother of Invention", "Curiosity about a sea shell found far from its home led Mehmet Sarikaya to the developing field of molecular biomimetics, which draws inspiration from nature to create materials with applications in engineering, medicine and more.", "", "/mse/news/0811_biomimetics.shtml", ""); break;
default: highlightPic = new Array("/mse/imgs/highlights/09_bull.jpg", "Bull's Eye on Clean Energy", "When Tricia Bull emailed Richard Smalley in 2000 to ask him what to study, the late Nobel Prize-winning scientist told her to look into materials science. \"I had no idea what I'd be getting into,\" said Bull, who visited India last winter to study cleaner, more efficient solar energy.", "", "/mse/news/0811_bull_india_opv.shtml", ""); break;
}
/*
document.write('![' + highlightPic[3] + '](' + highlightPic[0] + ')
' + highlightPic[1] + '
');
*/
document.write('![' + highlightPic[5] + '](' + highlightPic[0] +')
' + highlightPic[1] + '' + highlightPic[2] + '
More » ');
}