Calling between meetings in Washington, Chancellor Gene Block talked with Daily Bruin reporter Daniel Schonhaut about his research on sleep and circadian rhythms. Read more...
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Chancellor Gene Block is pictured speaking at the fifth International Nanotechnology Conference in 2009. Block is known for his research on circadian rhythms and sleep.
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Shizuka Lei prepared herself for the mountain of work ahead of her, knowing she was in for a long night. Read more...
Since its creation in 1960, the birth control pill has been used by 85 percent of all women at least once in their life. Read more...
The first drug proven to prolong the lives of patients with late-stage melanoma was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on March 25. Read more...
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. Both Sen. Read more...
More than a quarter of a century ago, in the northwest corner of Boelter Hall, there was a powerful device guarded by large concrete walls that were off-limits to most students and faculty.
From 1959 until 1984, UCLA had its very own nuclear reactor, which was housed in the engineering building and utilized by various South Campus departments for research and business. Read more...
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Thomas E. Hicks (right), engineering professor and then-chief supervisor of the UCLA reactor, and Ronald MacLain, his chief assistant, stand on top of the newly built reactor in December 1960. The nuclear reactor, which had the power of 100 toasters, was small and used mostly for research purposes.
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On the evening of April 25, 1986, crews prepared for a routine shutdown of a Ukrainian nuclear reactor. Read more...
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UCLA workers load irradiated uranium fuel from Boelter Hall’s nuclear reactor, located on the second floor of the building. From 1959, UCLA possessed a nuclear reactor, but it was decommissioned in 1984 because of protests and lack of use.
