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Top News: L.A. County Sheriff: Most Pot Clinics Criminal

4 September 2010, 7:05 am

The Los Angeles County sheriff has escalated his war of words against California medical marijuana dispensaries, saying as many as 97 percent operate as criminal enterprises.... Read More »

'Machete' has immigration subtheme. How will it play in Arizona?

4 September 2010, 5:48 am

“Machete,” which opened in movie theaters Friday, has garnered plenty of attention for its racy scenes and over-the-top gore. But this spoof of a film also has a subtheme – immigration.... Read More »

Lupus Research Institute-Funded Study Points To Increased Risk For Lupus In Men

4 September 2010, 4:28 am

Lupus Research Institute-funded researcher Betty Tsao, PhD, at the University of California Los Angeles has discovered that humans - males in particular - with a variant form of the immune receptor gene "Toll Like Receptor 7 (TLR7)" are at increased risk of developing the autoimmune disease systemic... Read More »

Longtime OLM nun killed, monsignor injured in car crash

4 September 2010, 4:25 am

A Pepperdine University professor and U.S. ambassador to Malta is also injured in the accident.... Read More »

Omega-3 fatty acids may reduce risk of insulin resistance, inflammation

4 September 2010, 12:54 am

LOS ANGELES, Saturday 4 September 2010 (Bernama) -- Taking fish oil supplements, which are a high source of omega-3 fatty acids, may reduce the risk of developing diabetes and inflammation, according to findings published in the journal Cell, reports China's Xinhua news agency.... Read More »

El Salvador moves against criminal gangs

3 September 2010, 8:14 pm

As violence escalates, lawmakers pass a bill that would criminalize membership in gangs. Activists say the measure will not deter the gangs, and urge addressing root causes and rehabilitation. Simply belonging to a gang is about to become a criminal offense in El Salvador, a country where street gan... Read More »

Waters Corporation and UCLA to Convene Leading Life Scientists

3 September 2010, 11:14 am

MILFORD, Mass., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) will bring together some of the world's leading life science researchers and practitioners of mass spectrometry (MS) at a conference next month to discuss the ways they are a... Read More »

Johnson named Texas, Ark., Okla. photo editor

3 September 2010, 8:27 am

Kim Johnson, a photo supervisor with The Associated Press in Los Angeles, has been appointed News Editor/Photos for Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.... Read More »

UCLA chemists, engineers achieve world record with high-speed graphene transistors

3 September 2010, 6:02 am

( University of California - Los Angeles ) A UCLA team led by Xiangfeng Duan has developed a new fabrication process for high-speed graphene transistors using a nanowire as the self-aligned gate. This new technique does not produce any appreciable defects in the graphene during fabrication, so the c... Read More »

Non-invasive therapy significantly improves depression, UCLA researchers say

3 September 2010, 6:02 am

( University of California - Los Angeles ) A unique new therapy that applies electrical stimulation to a major nerve emanating from the brain is showing promise for major depression. In a recently completed clinical trial at UCLA, trigeminal nerve stimulation achieved an average of a 70 percent redu... Read More »

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