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Did you know that your notebook computer and your cell phone contains a device that can be used to monitor earthquakes? It's called an accelerometer , and it's there to protect the hard drive in case of a fall and to switch the screen orientation on touch-screen cell phones when the phone is turned 90 degrees.

An exhibit on human race on display through Dec. 31 in Los Angeles gives detailed evidence that human beings of all races are 99.9 percent the same.

CERT development engineers Junior Castillo and Eddie Oa Neil display the results of the steam hydrogasification process that converts urban waste feedstock into clean synthetic diesel fuel .

When film director James Cameron needed help to create plant life for the fictional planet in his new film "Avatar," he looked to the University of California, Riverside for help.

Elena Cadet, a 2009 graduate of Monte Vista High, died in a car accident over the weekend.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Bill Golden survived more than 20 years in the Army and another 30 in law enforcement.

THE University of California now says it will ask state legislators for $913 million more next year than it received in this year's budget.

Originally published as Genetics Published Articles Ahead of Print on September 14, 2009.

Bahram Mosher will speak on "What Do We Know About the History of the Universe?" Tuesday, Nov.

Jence Rhoads scored 14 points to help No. 22 Vanderbilt beat UC Riverside 75-60 on Friday night, avenging a loss to the Highlanders last season.

A 2,074-page health care bill unveiled in the Senate this week omits funding for proposed medical schools at UC Merced and other institutions.

Perched on a rocky hillside, scientist Jim Andre points excitedly to a newly discovered plant species in the heart of the Mojave Desert -- what he calls the great frontier for botany -- where he estimates as many as 175 uncharted varieties will be found in the next century.

Monday, November 16, 2009 at 1:58 a.m. Amal Dalmar of UC San Diego stood behind John Faheem of UC Riverside during a rally at the end of the Students of Color Conference yesterday at UCSD.

A health care reform bill could mean millions of dollars for the University of California at Merced's proposed medical school, but the university isn't promised a dime.

Societal and technological changes have taken place at a dizzying pace over recent decades.

Health care legislation passed last week in the House contains a provision that could bring millions of dollars in funding to the planned medical school at UC Riverside.

Apple cores, napkins, scrambled eggs and tons of other kitchen scraps once put out with the trash are being composted as part of an effort at UC Riverside, Cal State San Bernardino and other colleges to divert waste from landfills.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third part in a series on hiking in Orange County. The bugs that can be found on OC trails might also live in your back yard.

The University of California, San Diego will lead a new Center of Expertise on Migration and Health as one of three multi-campus initiatives launched by the University of California system under the auspices of the new UC Global Health Institute.

A paper about the work appeared November 8 in the early online edition of Nature Nanotechnology .