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Winning wars in the Information Age largely depends on winning the battle for public opinion.

The work is published online November 20 on the Science Express Web site. The researchers have demonstrated the ability to electrically manipulate, at gigahertz rates, the quantum states of electrons trapped on individual defects in diamond crystals.

As the Thanksgiving travel window approaches, local airport and transit officials are urging travelers to prepare for busier-than-normal conditions.

As angry students chanted outside, University of California regents Thursday approved a 32 percent fee increase that will raise the price of a UC education to more than $10,000 per year for the first time.

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in electrically controlling quantum states of electrons, a step that could help in the development of quantum computing.

PRESS RELEASE Date Released: Thursday, November 19, 2009 Source: Thirty Meter Telescope - Comments The National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has joined the Thirty Meter Telescope Project .

Despite raucous student protests at UCLA that poured onto the streets of Westwood, the University of California Board of Regents approved a 32 percent fee increase Thursday that will push UC tuition above $10,000 for the first time.

Devin Petelski's BMW had just entered a Venice intersection shortly before midnight Oct.

Brenda Johnson, who currently serves as University Librarian at the U.C., Santa Barbara, has been named Ruth Lilly Dean of the Indiana University Libraries, Provost and Executive Vice President Karen Hanson announced today .

Bazan's team reduced reaction time by 99%, from 48 hours to 30 minutes, and increased average molecular weight of the polymers by a factor of more than 3. The reduced reaction time effectively cuts production time for the organic polymers by nearly 50%, since reaction time and purification time are approximately equal in the production process, in ...

Computer Sciences Corp., an information technology services company, said Monday it has won a $75 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin Corp.

Thousands of other students might have jumped at the chance to attend UCLA, but not Michael Rodriguez.

Kelp beds are declining in their diversity, according to a new UC Davis study. The kelp forests off southern California are considered to be some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet, yet a new study indicates that today's kelp beds are less extensive and lush than those in the recent past.

After serving at the helm of the Santa Barbara City Fire Department on an interim basis since May, Andrew DiMizio took the oath of office and officially assumed the role of fire chief.

A seemingly wholesome local event recently led to some disturbing discoveries about a global GHG matrix that will affect people everywhere in all countries.

The kelp forests off southern California are considered to be some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet, yet a new study indicates that today's kelp beds are less extensive and lush than those in the recent past.

Fifteen years ago, President Clinton signed the a oedona t ask, dona t tella policy, which prohibited openly gay men and women from serving in the armed forces.

A study of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans released Monday found that having a gay or lesbian soldier in their unit did not significantly impact the unit's cohesion or its readiness.

By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration today has more research to help make its case for allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces.

PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 A- A nutritionist whose research was instrumental in adding fruits and vegetables to the federal Women, Infants and Children food subsidy will receive the March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award for outstanding achievement in the field of maternal-fetal nutrition.