<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><channel><atom:link href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLANewsWeek-rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><title>UCLA News|Week</title><description>This week in UCLA research, on video.</description><copyright>UCLA Newsroom</copyright><generator>iPressroom.com</generator><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Comprehensive report documents impact of urologic diseases on American public</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/2012-edition-of-urologic-disease-232931.aspx?link_page_rss=232931</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/2012-edition-of-urologic-disease-232931.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The 2012 Urologic Diseases in America was prepared by researchers from UCLA, RAND Health and the National Institutes of Health. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=693143" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Want to avoid ED following prostate surgery? Find an experienced, gentle surgeon</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/skilled-surgeon-refined-technique-233768.aspx?link_page_rss=233768</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/skilled-surgeon-refined-technique-233768.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA researchers found that as surgeons become more skilled and employ new nerve-sparing techniques, erectile-function outcomes improve significantly. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=693028" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>This is your brain on sugar: UCLA study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/this-is-your-brain-on-sugar-ucla-233992.aspx?link_page_rss=233992</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/this-is-your-brain-on-sugar-ucla-233992.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Attention, college students: Binging on soda and sweets between midterms and finals may make you stupid. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=692978" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stanley Paul</author><title>UCLA, UC Davis host world conference on electric vehicles and cities</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-and-uc-davis-host-world-electric-232922.aspx?link_page_rss=232922</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-and-uc-davis-host-world-electric-232922.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The May 5 event will explore best practices and innovative solutions for the deployment of plug-in electric vehicles in cities throughout the world. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=692262" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>International team uncovers new genes that shape brain size, intelligence</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/international-team-uncovers-new-231989.aspx?link_page_rss=231989</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/international-team-uncovers-new-231989.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA-launched partnership also identified genes that boosted or lessened the risk of brain atrophy, mental illness and Alzheimer's. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690728" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Heart failure patients with diabetes may benefit from higher glucose levels</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/heart-failure-patients-with-diabetes-231643.aspx?link_page_rss=231643</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/heart-failure-patients-with-diabetes-231643.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A UCLA study found that patients who had elevated levels of blood glucose had better survival rates than those with lower levels. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690592" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Fewer deaths, complications with robotic bladder cancer surgery, but cost is higher</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/study-finds-fewer-deaths-complications-230847.aspx?link_page_rss=230847</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/study-finds-fewer-deaths-complications-230847.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The procedure, in which a surgeon controls a surgical robot that removes the bladder, was shown in a study to have clear advantages over the traditional surgical method. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690420" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA study identifies genes linked to post-traumatic stress disorder</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-identifies-first-genes-231248.aspx?link_page_rss=231248</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-identifies-first-genes-231248.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[People with specific variants of two genes involved in serotonin production were found to be at higher risk for developing PTSD. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=690417" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stan Paul</author><title>UCLA author and academic explores L.A. gang life in her new book, 'Jumped In'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-author-academic-and-lapd-230179.aspx?link_page_rss=230179</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-author-academic-and-lapd-230179.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[WHAT:
 
The UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs presents an evening with anthropologist Jorja Leap, who will discuss her newly published book, &quot;Jumped In: What Gangs Taught Me about Violence, Drugs, Love and Redemption&quot; (Beacon Press).... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=689731" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:57:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Scientists pinpoint how vitamin D may help clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer's</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-pinpoint-how-vitamin-229702.aspx?link_page_rss=229702</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-pinpoint-how-vitamin-229702.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The vitamin activates key genes and cellular signaling networks to help stimulate the immune system to remove the amyloid-beta protein from the brain.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=689584" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stanley Paul</author><title>UCLA Luskin School conference to explore healthy, safe multi-use street environments</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-luskin-center-s-complete-229740.aspx?link_page_rss=229740</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-luskin-center-s-complete-229740.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The March 2 event will focus on the vital role streets play in creating a more vibrant, productive and sustainable California.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=689205" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Combined use of recommended heart failure therapies significantly boosts survival odds</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/combined-use-of-guideline-recommended-221953.aspx?link_page_rss=221953</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/combined-use-of-guideline-recommended-221953.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When several key therapies were used in combination, UCLA researchers saw improvments of up to 90 percent in the odds of survival over two years. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688678" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:46:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>UCLA discovery that migrating cells 'turn right' has implications for engineering tissues, organs</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-identify-and-225837.aspx?link_page_rss=225837</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-identify-and-225837.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In the lab, vascular cells showed a tendency to turn right by 20 degrees when encoutering changes in their path, forming diagonal, tissue-like stripes. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688619" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>UCLA brain-imaging technique predicts who will suffer cognitive decline over time</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-imaging-technique-predicts-220856.aspx?link_page_rss=220856</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-imaging-technique-predicts-220856.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The tool was highly accurate in identifying which study participants would develop mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease over a two-year period. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688425" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stanley Paul</author><title>UCLA Luskin Lecture Series launches Feb. 16 with legal scholar Charles Ogletree</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-public-affairs-school-launches-228897.aspx?link_page_rss=228897</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-public-affairs-school-launches-228897.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Ogletree will discuss the U.S. criminal justice system and the case of Troy Davis, whose controversial murder conviction in Georgia led to his execution on Sept. 21, 2011. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688415" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Laura Perry</author><title>UCLA School of Nursing, LAUSD get middle schoolers moving</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-nursing-lausd-get-228702.aspx?link_page_rss=228702</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-school-of-nursing-lausd-get-228702.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[SHAPE LA, a new NIH-funded school health program launched by UCLA and the LAUSD, aims to boost physical activity and combat obesity among students.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688325" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA scientists boost memory by stimulating key site in brain</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-boost-memory-by-228557.aspx?link_page_rss=228557</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-boost-memory-by-228557.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[By targeting the entorhinal cortex, known as the doorway to the hippocampus, scientists hope to enhance memory in patients with dementia and Alzheimer's. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688195" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Stealthy leprosy pathogen evades critical vitamin D-dependent immune response</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/stealthy-leprosy-pathogen-avoids-218620.aspx?link_page_rss=218620</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/stealthy-leprosy-pathogen-avoids-218620.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The pathogen stifles immune activity dependent on vitamin D, a natural hormone that plays an essential role in the body's fight against infections. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687752" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stan Paul</author><title>Half of L.A. human-services nonprofits are struggling, new UCLA report shows</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/half-of-los-angeles-human-services-226838.aspx?link_page_rss=226838</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/half-of-los-angeles-human-services-226838.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Roughly half of Los Angeles County's 6,300 human-services nonprofits &mdash; which provide such services as emergency shelter, food, hospice care, and support for foster children, at-risk youth and the elderly &mdash; are struggling in the wake of... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687736" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>Teen to meet 11 strangers who saved his life by donating blood, platelets</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/teen-to-meet-10-strangers-who-225748.aspx?link_page_rss=225748</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/teen-to-meet-10-strangers-who-225748.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[On Jan. 27 at UCLA, Donovan Ho, 17, will express his gratitude to the donors who helped make his 2010 heart transplant a success. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687638" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stan Paul</author><title>UCLA summit looks at future of water in Southern California</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/advisory-for-friday-january-27-223019.aspx?link_page_rss=223019</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/advisory-for-friday-january-27-223019.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Participants from universities, water agencies, nonprofits and the private sector will discuss the latest research, technologies and policies at the Jan. 27 event. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687633" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Chinese herbal medicine may provide novel treatment for alcohol abuse</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chinese-herbal-medicine-may-provide-221389.aspx?link_page_rss=221389</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chinese-herbal-medicine-may-provide-221389.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A chemical component of a folk remedy used for at least 500 years was found to block the actions of alcohol in the brain. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686616" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Home monitoring may help manage and reduce costs for heart failure</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/home-monitoring-may-help-manage-220945.aspx?link_page_rss=220945</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/home-monitoring-may-help-manage-220945.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA RESEARCH ALERT
 
FINDINGS:  
Heart failure affects 5.8 million people in the U.S. alone and is responsible for nearly 1 million hospitalizations each year, most resulting from a build-up of body fluid in the lungs and other... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686480" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Removal of lymph nodes during surgery for thyroid cancer may be beneficial</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/removal-of-lymph-nodes-during-220785.aspx?link_page_rss=220785</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/removal-of-lymph-nodes-during-220785.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new study shows the routine dissection of potentially cancerous nodes in the neck can reduce recurrence rates. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686081" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Snipping key nerves may help life-threatening heart rhythms</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/snipping-key-nerves-may-help-life-220281.aspx?link_page_rss=220281</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/snipping-key-nerves-may-help-life-220281.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The procedure may stop the "flight or fight" response to stress that causes ventricular arrhythmias, especially when other treatments have failed. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686069" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Roxanne Moster</author><title>The Who rock icons launch Daltrey/Townshend Teen and Young Adult Cancer Program at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/the-who-rock-icons-launch-daltrey-218302.aspx?link_page_rss=218302</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/the-who-rock-icons-launch-daltrey-218302.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The Who's Roger Daltrey was joined by Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant at UCLA to announce the launch of the new program.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=683758" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stanley Paul</author><title>UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs announces distinguished class of senior fellows</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-luskin-school-of-public-affairs-218011.aspx?link_page_rss=218011</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-luskin-school-of-public-affairs-218011.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Among this year's fellows are a U.S. State Department diplomat, the L.A. mayor's director of gang reduction and radio host Patt Morrison. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=683234" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Scientists find vitamin D is crucial in human immune response to tuberculosis</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-find-vitamin-d-crucial-216881.aspx?link_page_rss=216881</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-find-vitamin-d-crucial-216881.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Adding vitamin D to the blood of individuals from high-melanin, low-vitamin D populations, researchers say, could help their immune systems better fight TB. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=682622" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>UCLA events highlight integration of Eastern healing traditions, Western medicine</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/upcoming-ucla-events-address-integrating-217118.aspx?link_page_rss=217118</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/upcoming-ucla-events-address-integrating-217118.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA has been at the forefront of integrative medicine research and education, incorporating traditional Eastern healing techniques with Western medicine. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=682625" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathy Wyer</author><title>Louis M. Gomez named to MacArthur Chair in Digital Media and Learning at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/macarthur-chair-in-digital-media-215675.aspx?link_page_rss=215675</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/macarthur-chair-in-digital-media-215675.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["Louis M. Gomez is an outstanding scholar and a fantastic choice who brings extensive expertise in the area of digital learning environments," said Aimée Dorr, the school's dean. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=681799" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA scientists uncover potential target for treating common form of early-onset dementia</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-uncover-potential-215612.aspx?link_page_rss=215612</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-uncover-potential-215612.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Frontotemporal dementia can strike as early as age 40, leading to dramatic changes in a patient's personality and behavior, including the loss of the ability to commicate. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=681683" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: Inside the Marcus Garvey archives</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-inside-a-hidden-214062.aspx?link_page_rss=214062</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-inside-a-hidden-214062.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA historian Robert A. Hill has spent 30 years archiving documents that tell the story of prominent black activist Marcus Garvey. Hill's latest edited volume reveals the role of Caribbeans in American race relations. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=680351" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:26:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: Foster kids thrive at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-foster-kids-thrive-213637.aspx?link_page_rss=213637</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-foster-kids-thrive-213637.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Two dozen ninth-graders learned this summer that they too can succeed in college. They are foster children in the Los Angeles County system, a group that makes it to college much less often than other American students. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=680016" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:47:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Christelle Nahas</author><title>UCLA News|Week: New thinking on U.S. drug policy</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-changing-the-u-213362.aspx?link_page_rss=213362</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-changing-the-u-213362.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Mark Kleiman, professor of public policy, suggests changes to U.S. drug policy and UCLA unveils a ground-breaking water-saving system. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=679717" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:28:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA News|Week: Answering the call for electric car power</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-answering-power-211527.aspx?link_page_rss=211527</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-answering-power-211527.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
This time on UCLA News|Week:

Addressing the challenges of future electric-vehicle demand on the power grid, UCLA Engineering professor Rajit Gadh and his research team at UCLA's Electric Vehicle&ndash;Smart Grid Living Lab unveil... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=678761" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:10:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA News|Week: Cell phones as a global health tool</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-cell-phones-diagnosing-211166.aspx?link_page_rss=211166</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-cell-phones-diagnosing-211166.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[
 
This time on UCLA News|Week:


Flow cytometers, large machines routinely used in diagnosing infections and cancers and in monitoring HIV progression, can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Aydogan Ozcan, a UCLA... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=678314" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:12:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: Circadian clocks slow with age</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-circadian-clocks-210848.aspx?link_page_rss=210848</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-circadian-clocks-210848.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new study of the brain's master circadian clock — known as the suprachiasmatic nucleus, or SCN — reveals that a key pattern of rhythmic neural activity begins to decline by middle age. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block is the lead researcher. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=678025" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:44:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: How HOV lanes on the freeway work</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-how-hov-lanes-on-210581.aspx?link_page_rss=210581</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-how-hov-lanes-on-210581.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes work right, they create the ability to carry more people on congested freeways. "However, hitting that sweet spot is hard to do," explains Brian Taylor, director of the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=677680" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:57:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: New career tools for baby boomers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-wewk-new-career-tools-209342.aspx?link_page_rss=209342</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-wewk-new-career-tools-209342.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA Extension and Encore announced a new online educational company offering professional certificates and career counseling specifically for baby boomers. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=677058" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:02:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: Mandarin immersion</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-mandarin-immersion-208532.aspx?link_page_rss=208532</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-mandarin-immersion-208532.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[This time on UCLA News|Week: Kindergarteners at a Los Angeles public school learn in Mandarin as part of a program supported by the UCLA Confucius Institute. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=676725" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:59:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: The mind-brain-body connection</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-the-mind-brain-208121.aspx?link_page_rss=208121</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-the-mind-brain-208121.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[This week on the videocast: A new endowment means investigators at UCLA's Oppenheimer Family Center for Neurobiology of Stress will be able to explore mind-brain-body interactions in several stress-sensitive conditions, including irritable bowel syndrome. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=676362" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:00:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: Avian love dance</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-avian-love-dance-207827.aspx?link_page_rss=207827</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-avian-love-dance-207827.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[This week: the amazing courtship ritual of the golden-collared manakin, plus two graduating seniors who overcame serious obstacles to earn their diplomas. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=676000" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:45:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: UCLA Live's new director</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-kristy-edmunds-204500.aspx?link_page_rss=204500</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-kristy-edmunds-204500.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Kristy Edmunds, the newly appointed executive and artistic director of UCLA Live, visits in studio to discuss her curatorial vision of the arts. Plus: pesticides and Parkinson's, and new insight into body dysmorphic disorder. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=675704" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:12:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: Treating illness with compassion</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-patient-care-excellence-204209.aspx?link_page_rss=204209</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-patient-care-excellence-204209.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Dr. David Feinberg, CEO of the UCLA Hospital System, is the central figure in a new book that credits a change in organizational culture with improving the treatment that patients receive. Plus: Species extinction, Obama and the Mideast. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=675405" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 19:39:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: Iran's nuclear threat</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-iran-s-nuclear-203797.aspx?link_page_rss=203797</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-iran-s-nuclear-203797.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[This week, Gen. Wesley Clark sternly warns about the danger — in the Middle East and to Iran itself — if the regime in Tehran acquires the ability to produce nuclear weapons. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=675122" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 20:41:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: The latest on antibiotic-resistant 'super-bugs'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/news-week-the-reality-of-antibiotic-203497.aspx?link_page_rss=203497</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/news-week-the-reality-of-antibiotic-203497.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Hear from the experts and explore the labs where clinical research on bacterial "super-bugs" continues. Plus: the image of nurses, and student humanitarians. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=674799" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 19:11:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>UCLA Newsroom</author><title>UCLA News|Week: Al-Qaeda after bin Laden</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/news-week-al-qaeda-after-bin-laden-202606.aspx?link_page_rss=202606</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/news-week-al-qaeda-after-bin-laden-202606.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[This week: Three faculty experts agree that the death of Osama bin Laden should have little effect on the terrorist threat posed by al-Qaeda.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=674364" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 22:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Christelle Nahas</author><title>UCLA News|Week: Can traumatic memories be erased?</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-can-traumatic-memories-202332.aspx?link_page_rss=202332</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-can-traumatic-memories-202332.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In this week's video news digest, see how UCLA researchers found a way to remove traumatic long-term memories in marine snails.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=674046" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Christelle Nahas</author><title>UCLA News|Week: Fukushima's lessons for U.S. nuclear power</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-former-chancellor-201856.aspx?link_page_rss=201856</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-news-week-former-chancellor-201856.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA experts, including Chancellor Emeritus Albert Carnesale, discuss nuclear power in the United States in light of the Fukushima power plant disaster in Japan. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=673740" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
