Friday, April 10


Scientists at UCLA create stronger nano-sized fiber

Researchers at UCLA have taken an old method from a common spider and spun it into a new idea for creating stronger materials. The idea was to copy the approach spiders use in spinning a web and to apply this to a method for creating stronger nano-sized fiber materials, according to Thomas Hahn, mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Frank Ko, a materials engineering professor from Drexel University. Read more...


Speaks out

If the Major League Baseball players go on strike, will it affect your interest in baseball? Will you turn to other sports instead? Sam Schofield Third-year Geography I will be disappointed if they go on strike because I think baseball is very entertaining. Read more...





Lecturers, clericals strike due to alleged unfair bargaining by UC

University of California clerical employees and lecturers are both claiming victory after strikes last week, though future work stoppages remain a possibility. In moves university officials considered illegal, clericals did not show up for work at UC Berkeley and the UC Office of the President in Oakland, from Aug. Read more...