There is never a dull day of fieldwork for Ed Rhodes.
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Paraplegic man regains mobility with aid of UCLA research, experimental treatment
Rob Summers has not been able to stand on his feet for the past four years.
Professor Yang Yang and his team of student researchers develop plastic solar cells in the hopes of using the technology in many practical applications
Inside the Yang laboratories, one student places a solar cell under a sunlight simulator, a device that reproduces natural sunlight.
Recipient reveals new hand transplant
Emily Fennell can type 45 words per minute with her left hand.
The single, working mother can also cook, clean and drive to work.
Nuclear meltdown in California’s two nuclear plants unlikely because of safeguards
In the wake of a partial meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, debate has emerged about whether California’s nuclear reactors put the earthquake-prone state similarly at risk.
California has two nuclear reactors in San Luis Obispo and near San Clemente that together produced 15.5 percent of the state’s energy in 2009, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute.
A request to extend the lifetime of the Diablo Canyon reactor by 20 years has been postponed because of the events in Japan.
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Ban on bone marrow sales challenged in US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
A major victory for people in need of bone marrow transplants may be on the horizon.
Cell phones test for air pollution
It is sundown in a rural region of south India.
As night descends on a small village, a woman in a tattered sari sets fire to a composition of dung and firewood.