Although nearly a dozen reporters have interviewed electrical engineering Professor Stephen Chou since his single-electron transistor was unveiled in Science magazine last week, he insists that his newfound...

The University wants to trade its current Route 52 bus service for a hike in student service fees and a universal student bus pass. Parking and Transportation Services introduced plans to redesign campus...

A University instructor reported receiving a letter from a Nigerian doctor soliciting money for a supposed business partnership. The letter, signed by Dr. Jeff Bada from Lagos, Nigeria, read, "We are...

Academic freedom -- freedom for unrestricted inquiry and expression in our research and teaching -- is the foundation of our profession and of a free society. Most of us presume that tenure is sufficient...

Bombs exploded last week in the bank and courthouse of Vallejo, Calif. A third bomb was discovered near the public library. The case was solved through classic police work: a combination of determining...

LIMA, Peru (AP) -- It's a ritual. Every day, Beatriz Gumucio steps onto a 14th-floor balcony of a Lima apartment building to look down at the Japanese ambassador's compound and the mansion where her husband...

In the political hubris of the last legislative season, Gov. Arne Carlson banded together with both a former legislator and a former representative and proposed the high tuition-high aid policy for higher...

Among the most hotly contested provisions of the new federal welfare law is one that will deny aid to legal immigrants who are not United States citizens. Nearly 40 percent of the money saved under the...

Mustard weed may be an annoyance for farmers, but a group of University researchers hope to use the plant to unravel genetic mysteries. Its fast rate of growth makes the weed, known scientifically as...

In an age when geneticists are struggling to find the causes of newly emerged diseases, mystery continues to cloud the genetic roots of asthma. Over the past two decades, scientists have identified the...