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Can computers decode dreams? Researchers take a first step
Dreams defy even the dreamer, slipping away as stealthily as they arrive in a mind made credulous by sleep. But what if scientists could read our dreams by using the most advanced medical imaging machines and employing the sophisticated algorithms that...
Tags: Science and Technology, MRI (imaging), National Institutes of Health, Japan, Computer Science
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UC seeks president with 'creativity, courage ... and limitless energy'
L.A. NOWIs it a call for a superhero or a university administrator? The UC Regents on Thursday released their formal set of qualifications they are seeking in candidates to replace system President Mark G. Yudof, who is retiring in August. The...... -
Illegal immigrants should have health coverage, foundation says
L.A. NOWThe California Endowment is launching a campaign to extend medical coverage to all uninsured state residents, including undocumented immigrants. An estimated 3 million to 4 million Californians, or about 10% of the state’s population, could remain... -
UC Riverside student Senate urges divestment from firms working in West Bank
L.A. NOWUC Riverside’s student Senate this week passed a controversial resolution urging the university system to divest from nine companies that the students contend are violating the human rights of Palestinians and aiding Israel’s occupation of the... -
Petro Vlahos dies at 96; advanced blue-screen technology for film
In the 1950s, special-effects pioneer Petro Vlahos laid the groundwork that made a modern movie genre possible — the blockbuster. He did it by vastly improving a composite-image process commonly known as the "blue-screen effect" for the 1959 epic...
Tags: Ben-Hur (movie), Ceremonies, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Horse and Harness Racing, Dick van Dyke
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Scholarships raised at luncheon at Oakmont Country Club
The Glendale Area Alumnae Panhellenic will have its 65th annual Scholarship Luncheon on March 16 at the Oakmont Country Club. Each year, the group awards scholarship grants to college-bound high school senior women from more than 10 private and public...Tags: Education, High Schools, Schools, Colleges and Universities, California Polytechnic State University
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UC Berkeley and UCLA ranked among top 10 universities worldwide
L.A. NOWThe University of California system once again scored very well in an annual reputational ranking of world research universities by the Times Higher Education magazine of Great Britain, with UC Berkeley and UCLA in the top 10, officials announced Monday..... -
UC seeks public input on hiring university's next president
L.A. NOWHave any thoughts about who should be the next president of the University of California or what that person should do to help the 10-campus system? Now you have a formal place to post your nominations, comments and opinions. A...... -
Regents panel starts meeting in search for a new UC president
L.A. NOWThe University of California took the first tentative steps on Tuesday toward finding a successor to UC system President Mark G. Yudof. A special committee of UC regents conferred privately by telephone from their locations in Los Angeles, Riverside and..... -
Apopka High student wins national award for editorial on school lunches
Sentinel School ZoneRachel Armstrong's article published in The Insight, Apopka High's student newspaper, is blunt about the problem she sees with school food: "The food that is supposedly nutritious-such as salads, sits on the shelves while items such as pizza and chicken...Tags: Education, Recipes, Earth Day, Teaching and Learning, Stetson University
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PASSINGS: Donald A. Glaser, Jewel Akens
Donald A. Glaser Nobel Prize-winning physicist Donald A. Glaser, 86, a Nobel Prize-winning UC Berkeley physicist who invented a device called the bubble chamber, which allowed researchers to track the paths of high-energy atomic particles after...
Tags: Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, Applied Physics, Entertainment Events, Chiron Corporation
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Hungry for a group to safely deliver leftover food to charities
On a recent evening, students at Pomona College feasted on chicken pot pie, steamed veggies, biscuits and rice. And, as is often the case, there were plenty of leftovers in the dining hall, enough for about 100 extra meals. Those leftovers, however,...Tags: Social Issues, Health and Safety at Work, Lifestyle and Leisure, The Salvation Army, Teaching and Learning
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