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Scientists Stumble Upon Possible Breakthrough in Treating Baldness

Researchers in California may have made a breakthrough in the treatment of baldness – completely by accident. The researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles and the Veterans Administration were studying the gut functions of mice with alopecia, an affliction where all of an animal's hair falls out,...

11 California Students Charged for Heckling Israeli Ambassador

Eleven University of California students were charged on Friday with misdemeanors for disrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador to the United States last year. Ambassador Michael Oren visited the UC Irvine campus on February 8, 2010. Students, believed to be members of the Muslim Student Union, repeatedly interrupted...

Was 4100 BC a Good Year? World's Oldest Winery Found

Wine lovers' quest for the perfect, full-bodied red is apparently older than anyone realized. In a cave complex in Armenia, archaeologists from the University of California have unearthed what they believe is the world's oldest winery, from 6,100 years ago. Inside the cave, Copper Age vintners are believed to have...

Opinion: Help the Unemployed, Not the Rich

(Nov. 17) -- America's long-term unemployed -- an estimated 4 million or more -- constitute the single newest and biggest social problem facing America. Now their unemployment benefits are about to run out, and the lame-duck Congress may not have the votes to extend them. (You can forget about the next Congress.) The...

Liberal? It Might Be in Your Genes

(Oct. 28) -- Political ideologies often seem ingrained within families. But our ideologies might start even before we're born, according to new research suggesting that behavior in the voting booth is affected by our biological roots. A collaborative effort by researchers at Harvard and the University of California, San...

Background on University of California

The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges system.

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