Thursday, February 12

Law bans unlocking cellphones

Students will now be prohibited from unlocking their cellphones without the carrier’s permission, under a recent change to a federal act. Unlocking a cellphone, or allowing it to function under other networks, without the carrier’s permission, was legal up until last month, under an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Read more...



Rube Goldberg competition thrives on complexity

The original credit for the photo accompanying this article contained an error. See the bottom of the article for additional information. With 20 seconds left on the clock, a system of pulleys, balloons, ramps and dominos failed its final test run. Read more...

Photo: UCLA students participate in a Rube Goldberg competition Saturday, making complicated machines to complete simple tasks.




The Hill’s first Sustainival event encourages green living

Students at Sustainival, the Hill’s sustainability fair, use puffy paint to decorate burlap bags. The event, which attracted about 100 students, was a kick-off to the “Do it in the Dark” campaign, where Hill residents pledge to be more sustainable by turning off their lights when they can and unplugging unused chargers. Read more...

Photo: Students at Sustainival, the Hill’s sustainability fair, use puffy paint to decorate burlap bags. The event, which attracted about 100 students, was a kick-off to the “Do it in the Dark” campaign, where Hill residents pledge to be more sustainable by turning off their lights when they can and unplugging unused chargers.


UCLA professor uses technology to study HIV

Pamela Gorbach, who specializes in behavioral epidemiology, has travelled to nine countries to research the ways in which human actions influence bodily infection and to improve treatment for infections. Read more...

Photo: Pamina Gorbach, a researcher and professor in the department of epidemiology at the Fielding School of Public Health, performs HIV/AIDS research which has taken her to nine countries.



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