When third-year microbiology student Nima Milani-Nejad entered the 2005 Building and Landscape Product Design Competition, he “had no idea (he) was going to win” anything. After all, Milani-Nejad was up against 80 entries offered by 25 different individuals, groups and companies ““ including those whose sole business was to design products created from waste tires, the main criterion for the contest. Read more...

After hurricane winds and rain threatened research facilities in New Orleans, university-based health research laboratories had dramatically different issues to deal with in the face of the destruction than governmental biological labs. Read more...

Harnessing the power of the largest celestial object in the universe is not just the stuff of science fiction ““ it may soon become an efficient way to power everything from cell phones to Las Vegas casinos. Read more...

During Paymon Ebrahimzadeh’s first week at UCLA, he walked through an activities fair, quietly took a flier from the UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Resource Center’s table, and hurried on. Read more...

An eclectic mix of scientists, a woodworker and a former off-road racer learned an important lesson this weekend: Slow and steady may win the race, but it does not necessarily make for the coolest finish. Read more...

After the initial surprise, Westwood residents were largely unfazed by the discovery of an explosive device in the Midvale Plaza apartment complex Friday. The Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad was able to detonate the device without completely evacuating the building, and though some residents said they were shaken, most said they did not feel threatened. Read more...