Due to Clean Air Act violations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reached an agreement of $118,404 in fines with the University of California Feb. 22 in a civil suit. Both UC Berkeley and UC Davis were cited for violating the stratospheric ozone protection program in the winter of 2002. The program attempts to decrease the […]
Author Archives: Joie Guner
Kyoto pact begins to take effect
Greenhouse gases, on the rise since industrialization first began, have impacted the earth’s climate to the point of increasing the atmospheric temperature by one degree. It appears that the temperature increase is only one in a plethora of environmental damages caused by greenhouses gasses. Greenhouse gases include, among other gasses, carbon dioxide (released via burning […]
General intelligence equal between sexes
The ability of females and males to use different brain structures in order to attain the same result once again proves the versatility and complexity of the human body. Recently, there has been much controversy in the public sphere over the innate intellectual differences between the sexes. Though brain structure varies among the sexes, general […]
The curry cure
While many people associate spicy curry with a burning sensation on the tongue, the brain may be using the spice to prevent certain diseases. A yellow pigment in foods such as mustard and curry has the potential to combat the effects of Alzheimer’s Disease, traumatic injury to the head and Huntington’s Disease, a UCLA-Veterans Affairs […]
Handling bioterror gaining efficiency
About a dozen people were infected with the anthrax virus in 2001, but 30,000 people were placed on antibiotics and 200,000 laboratory tests were performed as a result. Researchers at UCLA are developing more efficient systems to manage similar outbreaks of pathogens. Research of biological pathogens used for purposes of bioterrorism has gained more interest […]
Arctic drilling creates an environmental divide
Both of the main presidential candidates have a desire to maintain a healthy environment, but each have different plans with which to achieve this goal. While securing more energy resources for the United States is an issue both candidates have been discussing, they don’t agree on how to accomplish it. President Bush supports an Alaska […]
Concert to benefit UCLA AIDS Institute
A concert in Los Angeles tonight will fund preventative measures against HIV infection by donating its proceeds to the UCLA AIDS Institute. The organization called “MUSICaids … life thru music” will be featuring its “Songs for a New Resolution” concert to support the UCLA AIDS Institute’s research. The concert, which will showcase artists James Taylor, […]