In a 2012 study, led by neuroscientists at the University of Bristol, it was discovered that a cellular mechanism known as sodium channels was playing a direct role in the changing of activity of neurons, leading to a cognitive decline of the human brain.

The 84th Academy Awards, honoring films in 2011, was held at the Dolby Theatre on February 26, 2012.

This converted to GBP £ 1, 687, 837 at the time In 2012, the capital is worth around SEK 3. 1 billion ( USD 472 million, EUR 337 million ), which is almost twice the amount of the initial capital, taking inflation into account.

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* 2012 – At least 26 miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, China.

By 2012, despite natural gas prices at a ten-year low and a higher Canadian dollar, oil prices had recovered enough to restart economic growth.

As of spring 2012, more than 5, 000 students were enrolled at ASU Online.

In 2012 he took over for Lisa Love, formerly senior associate athletic director at the University of Southern California.

* 2012 – The Oak Creek shooting took place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people ; the perpetrator was shot dead by police.

On 18 March 2012, Rowan Williams announced he would be stepping down as Archbishop of Canterbury at the end of 2012.

In July 2012, Clinton gave the keynote address at the Re | Source Conference, a collaboration between Oxford University, the Stordalen Foundation and the Rothschild Foundation.

* The Bay ( film ), a film that premiered at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival

The most valuable memorabilia item relating to Ruth was a 1920-era Yankees flannel jersey which sold in May 2012 for $ 4. 4 million, making it the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia ever sold at public auction.

In 2012, his film Passion was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.

Archaeological confirmation of Bethlehem as an Israelite city was uncovered in 2012 at the archaeological dig at the City of David in the form of a bulla ( seal impression in dried clay ) in ancient Hebrew script that reads " From the town of Bethlehem to the King ," indicating that it was used to seal the string closing a shipment of grain, wine, or other goods sent as a tax payment in the 8th or 7th century BCE.

As of April 2012, it appears that all of the 25, 000 light fixtures will have to replaced, at an estimated cost of $ 54 million.

On 14 September 2012 Brian Lara was inducted to the ICC's Hall of Fame at the awards ceremony held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Until March 2012 bulletins came from the News Channel studio at 45 minutes past the hour.

As part of its very large website, the museum has the largest online database of objects in the collection of any museum in the world, with 2, 000, 000 individual object entries, 650, 000 of them illustrated, online at the start of 2012.

* When Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark arrive at the Capitol in the 2012 film The Hunger Games, a pair of pink borzoi are shown on screen — an illustration of the Capitol residents ' gaudy lifestyle.

No. 1 ( Commander / Leader ) for the 2011 – 2012 seasons was originally Commander Dave Koss ; effective 27 May 2011, Koss " stepped down Friday in the wake of a subpar performance at a Virginia air show.

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In the summer of 2011, the band played at several festivals in Russia, and toured in Australia and Brazil in early 2012.

In May 2012, Love debuted an art show at Fred Torres Collaborations in New York titled " And She's Not Even Pretty ", which contained over forty drawings and paintings by Love composed in ink, colored pencil, pastels, and watercolors.

Semi-finals ( May 12, 2012: No. 1 Stanford ( 24-2 ) vs. No. 4 UC Irvine ( 25-6 ); No. 2 UCLA ( 22-3 ) vs. No. 3 Southern California ( 22-5 ).

Championship ( May 13, 2012 ): No. 1 Stanford or No. 4 UC Irvine vs. No. 2 UCLA or No. 3 Southern California.

She will attend UCLA as a freshman in fall 2012 studying Computer Science.

The Daily Bruin article also noted " a 2012 completion date is now most likely ," with UCLA basketball games having to move off-campus for one year.

Dr. Lee retired from UCLA in 2012.

Dance Marathon at UCLA, in its 11th year in 2012 and raised a total of $ 3 million, benefits the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Project Kindle, One Heartland, and the UCLA AIDS Institute.

According to a 2012 UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study, there has been a 40 % increase in demand for Californian food banks since 2008, with even married couples who both work sometimes requiring the aid of food banks.

The results came early, as UCLA landed a consensus # 12 ranked recruiting class in 2012 after having a class ranked in the high 40s at Rick Neuheisel's departure.

In 2012 US News & World Report ranked UCLA as 15th of U. S. law schools.

He has also taught at UCLA, the University of California, Riverside, and the University of Southern California, and was a regular visiting distinguished professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center from 2009 to 2012.

Beginning in April 2012, UCLA Radio began broadcasting in UCLA's Kerckhoff Coffee House on weekdays from 12pm to 2pm.

Nuveman was voted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.

Wiener Staatsoper added it to its repertoire in January 2012 in a production by Jérome Deschamps conducted by Ingo Metzmacher starring Christopher Ventris as Jimmy and Angelika Kirchschlager as Jenny, notably casting young mezzo-soprano Elisabeth Kulman as Begbick, breaking the tradition of having a veteran soprano ( like Varnay or Jones ) or musical theater singer ( like Patti LuPone ) perform the role.

* 2012 – The European Space Agency ( ESA ) conducted the first launch of the European Vega rocket from Europe ’ s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

In February of 2012, it was reported in Turkish newspapers that another Syriac manuscript of the Gospel of Barnabas had been found in Cyprus in 2000, in an operation conducted by police against smugglers ; and, having been kept in a police repository since then, had been deposited in the Ethnography Museum of Ankara.

NOAA conducted a new populations study in 2010-2011 ; those data will be available by 2012.

" A Quiet Opening: North Koreans in a Changing Media Environment " a study commissioned by the U. S. State Department and conducted by Intermedia and released May 10, 2012 shows that despite extremely strict regulations and draconian penalties North Koreans, particularly elite elements, have increasing access to news and other media outside the state-controlled media authorized by the government.

After a lengthy investigation conducted by the National Football League's security department, the league alleged on March 2, 2012 that 22 to 27 defensive players on the New Orleans Saints maintained a " pay for performance " program that included " bounty " payments administered by then-defensive coordinator Gregg Williams during the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons.

According to a February 2012 study conducted by the Los Angeles Times ( sampling over 5, 000 of its 5, 765 members ), the Academy is 94 % white, 77 % male, 14 % under the age of 50, and has a median age of 62.

In 2012 the United States National Research Council published a report that reviewed two investigations of potential health hazards at Fort Detrick: a 2009 public health assessment conducted by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and a cancer investigation in Frederick County by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Frederick County Health Department.

An analysis of the performance of these SEZs in China versus those in India in liberalizing the Chinese and Indian economies and their impact on economic growth was conducted by Leong ( 2012 ).

The rankings are based solely on a survey of engineering deans and senior faculty at all programs accredited by ABET ( formerly known as Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ), conducted during the spring of 2012.

However, after North Korea conducted a provocative long-range missile test in April 2012 that ended in failure, the United States decided not to proceed with the promised food aid.

In 2012 a survey was conducted to recount the area's population.

The utility has acheived a milestone of signing up its 2000th customer, and after beginning an upgrade process in mid-July 2012, a two-day series of outages which caused problems with service for many customers, was put on hold until the upgrades can be conducted with minimal outages to customers.

In a 2012 poll conducted by SFX Magazine to find the 100 sexiest female characters in science fiction and fantasy, Uhura, as portrayed by Saldana in the 2009 film, was voted number one.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, the LSO was conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and performed the song " Chariots of Fire ".

Finally, in 2012, a DNA test conducted on Monmouth's descendant, the duke of Buccleuch, showed that he shared the same Y-chromosome ( inherited from father-to-son ) as a distant Stewart cousin, providing strong evidence that Charles II was Monmouth's biological father after all.

In May 2012 James Anaya, a United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, conducted the United Nations ’ first-ever investigation into the plight of Native Americans living in the United States.

Founded in 1871 and first conducted in 1873 at four tracks, the Grand Circuit now visits 17 tracks as of the upcoming 2012 season.

* Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada premiere: May 5, 2012, Conexus Arts Centre, Regina, Regina Symphony Orchestra conducted by Victor Sawa

On July 4th, 2012, CERN announced the discovery of a new particle, compatible with the Standard Model Higgs boson, through experiments conducted with the Large Hadron Collider.

In mid / late September 2011 Chris Cornell stopped by Rolling Stone to perform a few acoustic songs & conducted an interview where he spoke about what it's like being back with Soundgarden and revealed that in early 2012 a new Soundgarden album consisting of new material would be released.

In 2012, Tennis Channel conducted a poll of players and experts to determine the 100 greatest players of all-time, in which Evert ranked ninth overall, and fourth highest among women ( finishing behind Graf, Navratilova, and Court respectively.

In July 2012, a media outlet disseminated a disputed and ultimately retracted report ( picked up and re-published by a wide number of media outlets ) about a Tony Robbins ' Firewalk Event conducted in San Jose, California, on July 19, 2012.