Mimicking the processes by which the sun creates its energy, UCLA researchers have created nuclear fusion within the confines of a campus laboratory. The experiment ““ which will be published in today’s issue of the journal Nature ““ allowed scientists to produce small quantities of power by utilizing a tiny crystal and generating a strong electric field. Read more...

Recent administrative action that would allow a 1,540-pound increase in the amount of plutonium stored at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is causing concern over the possible health hazards to surrounding residents. Read more...

LAUSD proposes changes to curriculum An academic reform plan being considered by the school district would require all high school students to take courses needed for admission to state universities. Read more...

More than eight years after Proposition 209 banned the use of race in admission decisions, Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, D-Sacramento, has introduced a bill that doesn’t fix, but at least acknowledges, the problems that Proposition 209 has created. Read more...

If finding student interest for undergraduate government is difficult, it’s even more difficult at the graduate level. Even with incentives in exchange for voting, only 17 percent of the graduate population voted in the 2004 elections. Read more...

Anyone who has even a single copy of a pre-released song or movie could be prosecuted as a federal felon and jailed for up to 10 years if President Bush signs a new piece of legislation. Read more...

As the mayoral race reaches its final stretch, labor unions, a key voting bloc, are sending mixed messages to Angeleno voters and the two candidates vying to be mayor. Read more...