<?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/research-rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><title>Research: UCLA Newsroom</title><description /><copyright>UCLA Newsroom</copyright><generator>iPressroom.com</generator><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Distinguished NIH expert on physics of proteins to deliver three Regents lectures</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/distinguished-nih-expert-on-physics-228802.aspx?link_page_rss=228802</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/distinguished-nih-expert-on-physics-228802.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[William Eaton, who directs the NIH Laboratory of Chemical Physics, is serving as a 2012 Regents Lecturer at UCLA and will speak on Feb. 13, 16 and 17. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688333" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: Testing pregnant women for thyroid function</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/screening-pregnant-women-for-poor-228667.aspx?link_page_rss=228667</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/screening-pregnant-women-for-poor-228667.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Today's New England Journal of Medicine features a prospective treatment study that addresses the value of screening pregnant women for low thyroid function, which has been linked to miscarriage, pre-term delivery and reduced IQ in children. UCLA has an expert. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688235" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:37:01 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>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Astronomy team that includes UCLA finance professor discovers nearby dwarf galaxy</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/team-of-astronomers-including-228330.aspx?link_page_rss=228330</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/team-of-astronomers-including-228330.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The very faint NGC 4449B galaxy, a companion to a larger galaxy, was spotted by UCLA astronomers using a unique wide-field telescope. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688185" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Gwen Driscoll</author><title>Medical debt keeps rising, new report shows</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/medical-debt-keeps-rising-new-228166.aspx?link_page_rss=228166</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/medical-debt-keeps-rising-new-228166.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Hard hit by one of the worst recessions in nearly a century, hundreds of thousands of Californians lost insurance coverage across the state as employers shed jobs and the health plans that came with those jobs, according to a new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=688072" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>UCLA researchers identify peptide that inhibits replication of hepatitis C virus</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/jonsson-cancer-center-researchers-228167.aspx?link_page_rss=228167</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/jonsson-cancer-center-researchers-228167.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In addition to stifling the ability of the virus to replicate, the peptide reduces the chance of patients developing resistance to treatment, scientists say. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687955" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Here is what real commitment to your marriage means</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/here-is-what-real-commitment-to-228064.aspx?link_page_rss=228064</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/here-is-what-real-commitment-to-228064.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[There's a big difference between liking being married and taking the tough steps necessary to preserve a relationship in tough times, UCLA psychologists say. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687906" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Want to understand the fluid dynamics of the oceans and atmosphere? UCLA's got the video</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-video-experiments-demonstrate-228169.aspx?link_page_rss=228169</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-video-experiments-demonstrate-228169.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The 30-minute, eight-chapter film, created by UCLA physicists with film students and alumni, is believed to be the first comprehensive elementary video on the topic. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687887" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim DeRose</author><title>UCLA astronomers solve mystery of vanishing electrons</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-solve-mystery-221811.aspx?link_page_rss=221811</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-solve-mystery-221811.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The scientists' findings will further ongoing efforts to predict geomagnetic storms in space, which can severely damage spacecraft. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687751" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:00:00 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>Lauri Gavel</author><title>UCLA Law report urges California to take action to protect public from toxic consumer products</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-law-report-urges-california-226852.aspx?link_page_rss=226852</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-law-report-urges-california-226852.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["Toxics in Consumer Products" makes a case for new legislation to strengthen the state's nascent chemical regulation program. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687682" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:20:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Alana Klein Prisco</author><title>Incoming college students more liberal on hot-button political, social issues, survey finds</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/incoming-college-students-express-221932.aspx?link_page_rss=221932</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/incoming-college-students-express-221932.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When it comes to same-sex marriage, affirmative action and educational access for undocumented students, support among the nation's freshmen is rising.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687672" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rebecca Kendall</author><title>UCLA historian's book looks at Arab uprisings, their common origins and different paths</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-historian-s-book-looks-at-225726.aspx?link_page_rss=225726</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-historian-s-book-looks-at-225726.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA historian James Gelvin's "The Arab Uprisings" offers a brief but comprehensive, nation-by-nation assessment of the recent unrest in the Middle East. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687632" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Young breast cancer survivors face serious quality-of-life challenges</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/young-breast-cancer-survivors-225774.aspx?link_page_rss=225774</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/young-breast-cancer-survivors-225774.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Treatment can result in a slew of problems, from severe psychological distress and infertility to premature menopause and weight gain, a UCLA study found. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687617" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:22:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Vision improves modestly in patients after human embryonic stem cell transplants</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-study-to-human-embryonic-223058.aspx?link_page_rss=223058</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/first-study-to-human-embryonic-223058.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The findings represent a milestone in the therapeutic use of stem cells and may pave the way for a new therapy to treat eye diseases, researchers said. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687516" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:00:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>UCLA professors Andrea Ghez, Terence Tao honored by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-professors-andrea-ghez-terence-222440.aspx?link_page_rss=222440</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-professors-andrea-ghez-terence-222440.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The internationally renowned scholars each received the Crafoord Prize, which recognizes extraordinary achievement in mathematics and astronomy. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687271" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Tiny amounts of alcohol dramatically extend a worm's life, but why?</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/tiny-amounts-of-ethanol-dramatically-221986.aspx?link_page_rss=221986</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/tiny-amounts-of-ethanol-dramatically-221986.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The surprising and still inexplicable UCLA study findings have intriguing implications for human longevity, the researchers say. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687270" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elise Anderson</author><title>Survey: Pessimism in California commercial real estate giving way to cautious optimism</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/pessimism-in-california-commercial-222006.aspx?link_page_rss=222006</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/pessimism-in-california-commercial-222006.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast survey polled industry professionals on how they think the market will change over the coming three years. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687250" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Researchers uncover how new melanoma drug accelerates secondary skin cancers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-cancer-researchers-uncover-221889.aspx?link_page_rss=221889</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-cancer-researchers-uncover-221889.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The discovery has led to treatment strategies that use the new drug, vemurafenib, with an additional drug aimed at stopping the secondary cancers in certain patients. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=687213" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Diet counts: Iron intake in teen years can impact brain in later life</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/diet-counts-iron-intake-in-teen-221542.aspx?link_page_rss=221542</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/diet-counts-iron-intake-in-teen-221542.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Poor iron levels in adolescence can affect the brain's myelin, which is needed to protect against age-related cognitive decline. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686968" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Evolution is written all over your face</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/i-ve-just-seen-a-face-221465.aspx?link_page_rss=221465</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/i-ve-just-seen-a-face-221465.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Primates' faces become more plain when they live in larger groups because of a greater focus on facial expressions, researchers found. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686959" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Protein changes identified in early-onset Alzheimer's</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/protein-changes-identified-in-221172.aspx?link_page_rss=221172</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/protein-changes-identified-in-221172.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Discovery may lead to better understanding of the disease and therapeutic drugs <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686689" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:00:00 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>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>Professor's cell phone microscope honored as best innovation of 2011</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-professor-s-holographic-221410.aspx?link_page_rss=221410</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-professor-s-holographic-221410.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Aydogan Ozcan's invention, which turns simple cell phones into microscopes, topped The Scientist magazine's list of technological breakthroughs. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686611" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>'Back talk' from blood cells to their progenitors is critical to balancing blood supply</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/blood-progenitor-cells-receive-221350.aspx?link_page_rss=221350</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/blood-progenitor-cells-receive-221350.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new study shows that two-way signaling from two sets of cells -- rather than just one, as was originally thought -- is required for the balancing act. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686581" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:00:00 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>Meg Sullivan</author><title>UCLA political scientist heads to Iowa, New Hampshire for survey of presidential campaign</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-political-scientist-heads-221059.aspx?link_page_rss=221059</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-political-scientist-heads-221059.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[After watching the nation's press corps write the history of one presidential election after another, Lynn Vavreck decided something had to give. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686114" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>UCLA neuroscientists demonstrate crucial advances in 'brain reading'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-neuroscientists-demonstrate-220883.aspx?link_page_rss=220883</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-neuroscientists-demonstrate-220883.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[An innovative machine learning method anticipates neurocognitive changes, similar to predictive text-entry for cell phones and search engines. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686099" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 06:45:00 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>Brenda Williams and Shilo Munk</author><title>UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts announces events for winter 2012</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-department-of-design-media-220920.aspx?link_page_rss=220920</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-department-of-design-media-220920.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts (DMA) is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this winter, including exhibitions, seminars, symposia and lectures. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686036" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>UCLA physicists report nanotechnology feat with proteins</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-physicists-report-nanotechnology-220884.aspx?link_page_rss=220884</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-physicists-report-nanotechnology-220884.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[New measurements by UCLA researchers that are 100 time higher in resolution than previously achieved, show that an isolated protein is neither a solid nor liquid. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=686034" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>Building the smart grid of the future: UCLA teams with Korea's energy research institute</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-enters-major-219834.aspx?link_page_rss=219834</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-enters-major-219834.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The 10-year joint effort, which includes test sites at UCLA and Korea's Jeju Island, focuses on new technologies to develop and manage sustainable energy. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685990" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Targeting protein critical to cell division stops cancer cells from proliferating and kills them</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/suppressing-protein-critical-to-220421.aspx?link_page_rss=220421</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/suppressing-protein-critical-to-220421.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When researchers suppressed the protein STARD9, the cells' chromosomes were pulled apart, the DNA tore and the cells quickly died. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685938" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:17:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Scientists use animal-free reagents to create clinical-grade neurons from skin cells</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/stem-cell-scientists-use-animal-220359.aspx?link_page_rss=220359</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/stem-cell-scientists-use-animal-220359.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[By avoiding the use of conventional mouse "feeder" cells, scientists can produce stem cells that have less variation and no animal contamination. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685591" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 06:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>What do animals 'know'? More than you may think</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/what-do-animals-know-more-than-220286.aspx?link_page_rss=220286</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/what-do-animals-know-more-than-220286.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Rats call on prior history and reasoning in making difficult decisions, "as if they're rational creatures," according to a new UCLA study. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685603" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>UCLA researchers enhance graphene to enable multicolor photodetection</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-report-a-dramatic-220084.aspx?link_page_rss=220084</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-report-a-dramatic-220084.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[By adding metallic plasmonic nanostructures to graphene, researchers greatly improved local light intensity and graphene's detection of different colors. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685600" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:30:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert and Divya Menon</author><title>Sound and vision work hand in hand, UCLA psychologists report</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/sound-and-vision-work-hand-in-220261.aspx?link_page_rss=220261</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/sound-and-vision-work-hand-in-220261.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new study demonstrates that our senses of sight and sound interact even more closely than many scientists believed to help us perceive the world. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685590" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>7 UCLA professors named fellows by American Association for the Advancement of Science</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/5-ucla-professors-named-fellows-220287.aspx?link_page_rss=220287</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/5-ucla-professors-named-fellows-220287.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA's fellows, honored for distinguished efforts to advance science, are among 539 scholars elected this year to the prestigious scientific society. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685558" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>Older Californians with disabilities struggle to remain at home as public programs lose funding</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/older-californians-with-disabilities-219971.aspx?link_page_rss=219971</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/older-californians-with-disabilities-219971.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Pending state budget cuts could jeopardize the health and safety of state's most vulnerable residents, researchers say. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685546" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elise Anderson</author><title>Anderson Forecast: U.S. economy mired in slump, but little chance of double-dip recession</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/anderson-forecast-u-s-economy-220306.aspx?link_page_rss=220306</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/anderson-forecast-u-s-economy-220306.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In their fourth quarterly report of 2011, UCLA economists say the nation's GDP will grow at a "below-trend rate" for the next five quarters.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685540" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:37:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>UCLA researchers suggest unconventional approach to control HIV epidemics</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-suggest-unconventional-220251.aspx?link_page_rss=220251</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-suggest-unconventional-220251.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Surprisingly, new programs that use HIV drugs to prevent infection can actually help reduce drug resistance when implemented properly, researchers say. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685537" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>David K. Yoo</author><title>UCLA study finds U.S. has more elected, appointed Asian American officials than ever</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-ucla-study-finds-highest-number-219844.aspx?link_page_rss=219844</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-ucla-study-finds-highest-number-219844.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA's newly released National Asian Pacific American Political Almanac tracks office-holders and analyzes political trends in the Asian Pacific community. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685413" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Melody Pupols</author><title>Powerful mathematical model greatly improves predictions for species facing climate change</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/powerful-new-mathematical-model-219927.aspx?link_page_rss=219927</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/powerful-new-mathematical-model-219927.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The groundbreaking integral projection model is like population biology's version of physics' unified field theory, the tool's developers say. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685181" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Older may not mean better when it comes to human embryonic stem cell lines</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/bush-embryonic-stem-cell-lines-219987.aspx?link_page_rss=219987</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/bush-embryonic-stem-cell-lines-219987.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["It is possible that we have not set the bar high enough yet for embryonic stem cells or induced pluripotent stem cells," said UCLA's Amander Clark. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685179" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:05:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>Food served in children's hospitals rated largely unhealthy</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/food-served-in-children-s-hospitals-219959.aspx?link_page_rss=219959</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/food-served-in-children-s-hospitals-219959.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA["Unfortunately, the food in many hospitals is no better — and in some cases worse — than what you would find in a fast food restaurant," said a UCLA researcher.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685147" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Thomas Mitchell</author><title>UCLA researchers identify new method for generating stem cell-like cells from human skin</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-identify-new-219965.aspx?link_page_rss=219965</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-identify-new-219965.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The researchers demonstrated that the new cells can be triggered to form bone-like tissues or become fat tissues in a laboratory setting.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685135" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:55:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>UCLA researchers demonstrate fully printed carbon nanotube transistor circuits for displays</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/fully-printed-carbon-nanotube-219814.aspx?link_page_rss=219814</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/fully-printed-carbon-nanotube-219814.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The circuits, produced at low cost using an ink-jet printer, could be incorporated into OLED displays in cell phones, cameras and other devices. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=685088" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:52:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Gwen Driscoll</author><title>2 million Californians report mental health needs; most receive little or no treatment</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/nearly-2-million-californians-218109.aspx?link_page_rss=218109</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/nearly-2-million-californians-218109.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[One in 12 Californians reported symptoms of serious psychological distress and had difficulty functioning at home or work, a new report shows.
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