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In the midst of the national debate about the future of health care, the Integrated Healthcare Association has announced that for the fifth consecutive year, the UCLA Medical Group has been rated one of California's top-performing physician organizations.

UCL Business PLC, UCL's knowledge transfer and technology commercialisation company, today announced that it has led an initial investment round of £350,000 into a magnetic sensing technology company, Endomagnetics.

Research from the University of Birmingham has revealed that the global financial crisis could lead to more conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa.

A University of Sheffield report, commissioned by the Scottish Government to help ministers make decisions about alcohol policy, shows that minimum pricing combined with an off-licence discount ban could reduce alcohol consumption and have significant effects on reducing alcohol-related harm. The findings, which were published today (28 September 2009) by the Scottish Government, are the results of an independent academic study.

Princeton - Princeton Readings on civil society, diplomacy in the Middle East and ancient Rome have made their way from traditional paper pages to the digital screen for an estimated 50 students who

Princeton - Princeton This gouache by George Segal is dated 1980 and depicts an early version or concept for the sculpture "Rush Hour.

BERKELEY — National healthcare reform continues to dominate the headlines, with Congress laboring over various proposals and President Obama making his case for reform to the public.

PA 227/09 A UK university's pioneering scientific research into traditional Chinese medicine is set to be harnessed by one of China's largest pharmaceutical companies - the world leader in creating modern drugs from ancient natural Chinese remedies.

AUSTIN, Texas - On the 30th anniversary of the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle, recent research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin examines why large organizations as diverse as NASA and BP have a tendency to make the same mistakes again and again, sometimes with serious and far-reaching consequences.

Press Release Links: Financial imprudence is linked to other impulsive behaviour such as overeating, smoking and infidelity, according to a new study led by UCL researchers, published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences . The study, conducted through the BBC website with over 40,000 participants, measured people's financial impulsivity by asking whether they would they prefer to receive £45 in three days or £70 in three months.

More than 2.2 million California adults report having medical debt, and two-thirds of those incurred the debt while insured, according to the authors of " The State of Health Insurance in California (SHIC) ," a comprehensive new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

Northern New Mexico small businesses to provide services Los Alamos, New Mexico, August 28, 2009—Six small businesses are receiving subcontracts totaling up to $200 million for providing architectural and engineering services to Los Alamos National Laboratory.

UCL has been awarded four prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants, worth a total of '4.8 million to the university.

Research centre launches proof of concept funding call The Molecular Engineering Translational Research Centre (METRC), which is based at the University of Sheffield, has announced a proof of concept

PA 213/09 A severe crisis in the music industry is seriously depleting the UK's recording studio sector, according to new research from The University of Nottingham.

Small businesses will perform up to $100 million in environmental work Los Alamos, New Mexico, August 14, 2009—Los Alamos National Laboratory today named three small businesses as subcontractors for up to $100 million in environmental cleanup work.

A team of researchers from UCL has won a £500,000 grant to develop a synthetic artery that mimics a natural artery - and could revolutionise the treatment of coronary heart disease.