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At-home medical genetics, open-source science, bio-art, do-it-yourself DNA kits — the life sciences are open to the public as never before, and citizen scientists, from gentleman researchers to high school students and hackers, are tinkering with life as they find it.
In a memo released today, U.S. Justice Department officials instructed prosecutors and federal drug agents not to target for federal prosecution those who use or provide medical marijuana in compliance with state laws.
The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has announced a collaboration with Photron USA Inc., a manufacturer of high-speed imaging systems and image analysis softw
If national health care reform is enacted, 93 percent of California's non-elderly population would have access to health insurance — a nearly 13 percentage-point increase in statewide coverage — according to a
You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of surfing the Web.
Building on efforts to promote the importance of lifesaving research involving animals, UCLA has placed a full-page advertisement in the Los Angeles Times urging people to sign
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The Easton Technology Leadership Program at UCLA Anderson presents "A Perspective on Business Leadership in the Decade to Come," a keynote talk by Craig Martin, president and CEO of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.
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Forty years ago, on Oct. 29, 1969, a UCLA team led by distinguished professor of computer science Leonard Kleinrock sent the very first message over the ARPANET, the computer network that later became known as the Internet.
The UCLA Department of Design|Media Arts (DMA) is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall, including exhibitions, seminars and symposia.
Events are free and take place in the EDA (Experimental Digital Arts) facility on the first floor of the Broad Art Center tower, Room
This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake in the Bay Area, which caused 63 deaths and $10 billion in damage and halted the 1989 World Series.
The UCLA Department of Music is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this fall. Programs include faculty and student recitals and performances of high artistic accomplishment in various genres, as well as visiting artists of national and international renown.
Approximately 400 to 500 students, faculty and staff rallied in Bruin Plaza today to express their concern about the future of UCLA and the University of California system amid an unprecedented reduction in state funding and the institution of fee increases, furloughs and layoffs to address the budg
For years, health-conscious people have been taking antioxidants to reduce the levels of reactive oxygen in their blood and prevent the DNA damage done by free radicals, which are the result of oxidative stress.
The UCLA School of Nursing is well on its way to fulfilling one of they key goals Dean Courtney Lyder set when he took the reins a year ago: enhancing the school's research structure.
In what is believed to be the nation's largest-ever university-organized volunteer day, an army of 4,300 UCLA freshmen and transfer students, the size of a NATO brigade, fanned out across Los Angeles Tuesday morning to make the city a better place.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York has reinstated a 2004 lawsuit by eight states, including California, and New York City against five of the largest U.S. utilities over their greenhouse gas emissions.
Fire officials are warning that Santa Ana winds, along with triple-digit temperatures and low humidity, could increase the risk of wildfires and threaten containment of the Station fire in Angeles National Forest.
