HNN, Nov. 19, 2009 10:38p.m.
Maura Cunningham: The Good, the Bad, and the Boring: Barack Obama's China Trip in Review
Source: The China Beat (11-19-09) [Maura Cunningham is the associate editor of China Beat and a graduate student in the Department of History at the University of California, Irvine.
UCI MENTIONED: ...China Beat and a graduate student in the Department of History at the University of California, Irvine.] Barack Obama spent fewer than three days... Full Story »
AARP.org, Nov. 19, 2009 10p.m.
The Promise of a Good Nights Sleep
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UCI MENTIONED: ...health. Paolo Sassone-Corsi, a molecular biologist at the University of California, Irvine, recently published a groundbreaking study showing that... Full Story »
CBS 2, Nov. 19, 2009 2:54p.m.
UC Regents Approve 32 Percent Student Fee Increase
LOS ANGELES (AP) Click to enlarge1 of 3 UCLA students protest outside a regents meeting where a proposed fee hike was approved. CBS Click to enlarge2 of 3 UCLA students have gathered outside a regents meeting to protest proposed fee...
UCI MENTIONED: ...for public education?" asked UCLA graduate student Sonja Diaz. University of California, Irvine, economics student Sarah Bana told the... Full Story »
Environmental Research Web, Nov. 19, 2009 8:53a.m.
Ocean carbon sink appears to slow
In 2008 the world's oceans absorbed around 150 billion tons of man-made carbon emissions to the atmosphere, say scientists in the US. Although this ocean uptake has increased sharply since the 1950s, the rate of increase has declined over the last few...
UCI MENTIONED: ...dioxide levels and hence climate." Khatiwala and colleagues from the University of California, Irvine and NASA Goddard Institute for Space... Full Story »
Business Intelligence Middle East, Nov. 19, 2009 5:45a.m.
Cenigent to fight prevelence of chronic diseases in UAE
UAE. US-based medical practice targets UAE with breakthrough genetic-based programmes DUBAI (United Arab Emirates): With chronic medical illnesses such as heart disease and hypertension being among the top causes of death in the UAE, health experts are now concerned that the residents cosmopolitan lifestyle.
UCI MENTIONED: ...States. Joseph Wu, M.D., clinical director of the University of California, Irvine Brain Imaging Center and associate professor in residence at the... Full Story »
The Christian Science Monitor (AP), Nov. 18, 2009 9:16a.m.
The Fed is foolishly weakening the dollar
Devaluing the dollar is spoiling global economic recovery. The Fed and President Obama must reject easy money and ever-larger...
UCI MENTIONED: ...Depression-style competitive devaluations. Peter Navarro is a business professor at the University of California- Irvine, a CNBC contributor, and the author... Full Story »
StarTribune.com, Nov. 17, 2009 8:47p.m.
As old as time? Heart disease plagued Pharoah's court
You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease -- normally thought of as a modern disease caused by lifestyle -- in 3,500-year-old...
UCI MENTIONED: ...socioeconomic status," said co-author Dr. Gregory Thomas at the University of California, Irvine. "The findings suggest that we may have to look... Full Story »
Esquire, Nov. 17, 2009 7:17p.m.
Hans Keirstead Can Make Mice Walk Again (and Humans, Too?)
Seven years ago, he used stem cells to make paralyzed rats walk again. Next year his stem cell elixir will be injected into humans. What's next? It's anyone's...
UCI MENTIONED: ...next? It's anyone's guess. In 2002, at his lab at UC- Irvine, Hans Keirstead delicately sliced open the spines of eight lab rats with a... Full Story »
AARP The Magazine, Nov. 17, 2009 4:02a.m.
Cold Weather Won't Make You Sick
Fresh studies of scientific research are busting all those health myths you grew up...
UCI MENTIONED: ...active," adds Michael Rugg, Ph.D., director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at the University of California, Irvine. Full Story »
Yahoo! India News, Nov. 17, 2009 0:51a.m.
ANINovel compound that boosts anti-inflammatory fat levels developed
(ANI): Scientists at University of California, Irvine, have found a new way to boost levels of a natural body fat that helps decrease inflammation." Buzz Up Share Twitter Delicious Myspace Digg Stumble Upon Facebook Tue, Nov 17 01:35 PM Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): Scientists at University of...
UCI MENTIONED: ...boosts anti-inflammatory fat levels developed (ANI): Scientists at University of California, Irvine, have found a new way to boost levels of... Full Story »
Science Daily, Nov. 16, 2009 5:51p.m.
Glimpsing a Greener Future: Computer Model Foresees Effects of Alternative Transportation Fuels
It's the year 2060, and 75 percent of drivers in the Greater Los Angeles area have hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that emit only water vapor. Look into Shane Stephens-Romero's crystal ball -- a computer model called STREET -- and find that air quality has significantly...
UCI MENTIONED: ...people's lungs and quality of life," said Stephens-Romero, a UC Irvine doctoral candidate in the Advanced Power & Energy Program. His 2060 analysis... Full Story »
Local XXL (ENG), Nov. 16, 2009 1:43p.m.
UCI study: Prejudice colors view of Obama policy
PST add to facebook Many Americans who dont like the health-care coverage plan being developed while Barack Obama is president were found to favor the exact same plan when told it was developed under Bill Clinton, according to a new study led by UC Irvines...
UCI MENTIONED: ...exact same plan when told it was developed under Bill Clinton, according to a new study led by UC Irvine s Eric... by OCRegister_News... Full Story »
The Hindu, Nov. 15, 2009 8:17p.m.
From green to evergreen revolution and roles of the news media
S. Viswanathan S. Viswanathan The passionate call of agricultural scientist and food policy expert M.S. Swaminathan to the Indian news media to resume their active participation in revitalising our agriculture and in safeguarding our food sovereignty has, understandably, received wide...
UCI MENTIONED: ...notable and detailed response to the article came from Sandeshika Sharma from the University of California, Irvine. In an e-mail to the Readers... Full Story »
