﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><title>Research: UCLA Newsroom</title><description /><copyright>UCLA Newsroom</copyright><generator>iPressroom.com</generator><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Study uses music to explore the autistic brain's emotion processing</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/using-music-to-explore-the-neural-49912.aspx?link_page_rss=49912</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/using-music-to-explore-the-neural-49912.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In an innovative study led by Istvan Molnar-Szakacs, a researcher at the UCLA Tennenbaum Center for the Biology of Creativity, music will be used as a tool to explore the ability of children with autism spectrum disorders to identify emotions in musical excerpts and facial expressions. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=33352" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Global warming will negatively impact tropical species</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/global-warming-will-negatively-49641.aspx?link_page_rss=49641</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/global-warming-will-negatively-49641.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Global warming is likely to reduce the health of tropical species, scientists from UCLA and the University of Washington report in a study published May 6 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. At the same time, a little bit of warming may actually move certain organisms, particularly insects, in the high latitudes closer to their optimal temperature, the researchers say. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=32926" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Stem cell researchers create heart, blood cells from skin cells</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-stem-cell-researchers-create-49637.aspx?link_page_rss=49637</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-stem-cell-researchers-create-49637.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Stem cell researchers at UCLA have grown functioning cardiac cells using mouse skin cells that had been reprogrammed into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells. The finding is the first to show that induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells &#151; which don't involve the use of embryos or eggs &#151; can be differentiated into the three types of cardiovascular cells needed to repair the heart and blood vessels. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=32196" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>3 UCLA professors elected to National Academy of Sciences</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/three-ucla-professors-receive-49640.aspx?link_page_rss=49640</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/three-ucla-professors-receive-49640.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Fields Medal&#150;winning mathematician Terence Tao is one of three UCLA professors elected Tuesday to the National Academy of Sciences for their excellence in original scientific research. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=32158" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>What puts heart patients in the hospital? Study IDs common factors</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-identifies-factors-48778.aspx?link_page_rss=48778</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-identifies-factors-48778.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[	
Nearly two out of three patients who end up in the hospital for heart failure suffer from at least one &quot;precipitating factor,&quot; say researchers who examined data on some 49,000 heart failure patients collected during their... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=32309" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Judge expands order to block harassment of researchers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/judge-extends-order-to-block-harassment-48802.aspx?link_page_rss=48802</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/judge-extends-order-to-block-harassment-48802.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA won a preliminary injunction against extremists involved in a campaign of harassment directed at faculty and administrators who conduct or oversee research involving laboratory animals. The injunction extends and expands a temporary restraining order granted in February.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=29689" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Brain reacts to fairness as it does to money and chocolate</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/brain-reacts-to-fairness-as-it-49042.aspx?link_page_rss=49042</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/brain-reacts-to-fairness-as-it-49042.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The human brain responds to being treated fairly the same way it responds to winning money and eating chocolate, UCLA scientists report. Being treated fairly turns on the brain's reward circuitry. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=29439" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>Researcher, colleagues devise new method for protecting private data</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/study-by-researcher-at-ucla-henry-48602.aspx?link_page_rss=48602</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/study-by-researcher-at-ucla-henry-48602.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Companies and organizations that keep sensitive personal information on millions of Americans have become attractive targets for hackers in recent years, resulting in billions of dollars in losses for U.S. businesses and misery for countless consumers. But now Amit Sahai, an associate professor of computer science at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and his colleagues have devised a new data-protection method they hope will put Internet criminals out of business. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=29058" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Terence Tao to receive National Science Foundation's highest honor</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/terence-tao-to-receive-nsf-s-prestigious-48831.aspx?link_page_rss=48831</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/terence-tao-to-receive-nsf-s-prestigious-48831.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Terence Tao, the first mathematics professor in UCLA history to win the Fields Medal, will be awarded the National Science Foundation's prestigious 2008 Alan T. Waterman Award on May 6 at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=28616" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Eating less fat may prevent prostate cancer, study shows</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/reducing-intake-of-dietary-fat-48837.aspx?link_page_rss=48837</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/reducing-intake-of-dietary-fat-48837.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Scientists with UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center and the UCLA Department of Urology have shown that lowering the intake of the type of fat common in the Western diet helps prevent prostate cancer in mice. The finding is the first of its kind in a mouse model that closely mimics human cancer, researchers said. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=28080" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>UC sponsors bill to protect animal researchers from harassment</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/uc-sponsors-legislation-to-protect-48827.aspx?link_page_rss=48827</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/uc-sponsors-legislation-to-protect-48827.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The California Animal Enterprise Protection Act (Assembly Bill 2296) is one in a series of steps intended to protect researchers from extremists who have placed Molotov cocktail-type devices near the homes of UCLA faculty, vandalized homes and made physical threats via phone and e-mail. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=27773" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:42:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>High-res technology shows major differences in stem cell lines</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-use-high-resolution-48032.aspx?link_page_rss=48032</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-use-high-resolution-48032.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA stem cell researchers using a high-resolution technique to examine the genome of a pair of human embryonic stem cell lines have found that while both lines could form neurons, they differed in the numbers of certain genes that could control individual traits and disease susceptibility. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=26190" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>Cotsen Institute of Archaeology presents annual open house May 10</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/annual-open-house-for-cotsen-institute-48007.aspx?link_page_rss=48007</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/annual-open-house-for-cotsen-institute-48007.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The world-famous Cotsen Institue of Archaeology at UCLA, where 75 working archaeologists analyze and store their findings, invites the public to its annual open house. Among other attractions, visitors can ponder the actual tools that gave the Stone Age its name, witness a technique for identifying ancient diets using the bones of contemporary animals and discover how charcoal is used to deduce the agricultural practices of the past. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=25990" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Art, science or both? MoMA in N.Y. shows work by UCLA scientists</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/art-science-or-both-new-york-s-48023.aspx?link_page_rss=48023</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/art-science-or-both-new-york-s-48023.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[When UCLA scientists Thomas G. Mason and Carlos J. Hernandez designed and mass-produced billions of fluorescent microscale particles in the shapes of all 26 letters of the alphabet, they thought they had produced significant science. The Museum of Modern Art in New York says it's also art, and a sample of their work is on display through May 12 as part of MoMA's "Design and the Elastic Mind." <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=25995" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>UCLA researchers design nanomachine that kills cancer cells</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/researchers-at-ucla-have-designed-46388.aspx?link_page_rss=46388</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/researchers-at-ucla-have-designed-46388.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers from the Nano Machine Center at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA have developed a novel type of nanomachine that can capture and store anticancer drugs inside tiny pores and release them into cancer cells in response to light. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=25854" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>'Designer enzymes' created by chemists at UCLA, U. of Washington</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/designer-enzymes-created-by-ucla-46985.aspx?link_page_rss=46985</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/designer-enzymes-created-by-ucla-46985.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chemists from UCLA and the University of Washington have succeeded in creating "designer enzymes," a major milestone in computational chemistry and protein engineering. The findings are reported March 19 in the advance online publication of the journal Nature. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=23230" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>Researchers develop method to rapidly ID optimal drug cocktails</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/only-tens-of-searches-instead-46876.aspx?link_page_rss=46876</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/only-tens-of-searches-instead-46876.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA researchers have developed a feedback control scheme that can search for the most effective drug combinations to treat a variety of conditions, including cancers and infections. The discovery could play a significant role in facilitating new clinical drug-cocktail trials. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=22867" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Study finds that broccoli may help boost the aging immune system</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-reports-broccoli-may-46578.aspx?link_page_rss=46578</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-reports-broccoli-may-46578.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Eat your broccoli! That's the advice from UCLA researchers who have found that a chemical in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables may hold a key to restoring the body's immunity, which declines as we age. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=21314" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Scientists identify origin of mystery hiss in upper atmosphere</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-identify-origin-of-46690.aspx?link_page_rss=46690</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-identify-origin-of-46690.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Scientists have solved a 40-year-old puzzle by identifying the origin of the intense radio waves in the Earth's upper atmosphere that control the dynamics of the Van Allen radiation belts &#151; belts consisting of high-energy electrons that can damage satellites and spacecraft and pose a risk to astronauts performing activities outside their spacecraft. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=21094" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>UCLA hosts international conference on nanoscale research</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-hosts-international-conference-46492.aspx?link_page_rss=46492</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-hosts-international-conference-46492.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The third in a series of conferences held with Pacific Rim universities, this two-day event, sponsored jointly by the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA and Waseda University of Tokyo&#146;s Consolidated Research Institute for Advanced Science and Medical Care, will focus on recent nanoscale research on biosenors, biomaterials and nanotoxicology and will feature presentations on on-chip sensor devices for medical care and the risk assessment of engineered nanoparticles. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=20149" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Wileen Wong Kromhout</author><title>Solution to chemical mystery could yield more efficient hydrogen cars</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-solve-mystery-46383.aspx?link_page_rss=46383</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-solve-mystery-46383.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have solved a decade-old mystery, and their findings could eventually lead to commercially practical designs of storage materials for use in hydrogen vehicles. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=19116" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Federal poverty guidelines fail to properly assess needs of seniors</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/federal-poverty-line-grossly-underestimates-45575.aspx?link_page_rss=45575</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/federal-poverty-line-grossly-underestimates-45575.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[If you are elderly and live in California, how poor do you have to be to become eligible for public assistance? Too poor, says a new report issued by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.  <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=18609" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Hormone-resistant prostate cancers more likely to spread</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/hormone-refractory-prostate-cancers-45511.aspx?link_page_rss=45511</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/hormone-refractory-prostate-cancers-45511.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Prostate cancers that are resistant to androgen-deprivation therapy are more invasive and more likely to spread to other organs than androgen-dependent prostate cancers, UCLA researchers have found. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=18587" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Judge orders extremists to stop harassing UCLA researchers</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/judge-orders-extremists-to-stop-45534.aspx?link_page_rss=45534</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/judge-orders-extremists-to-stop-45534.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA has sued extremists to stop a campaign of terrorism, vandalism and menacing threats directed at faculty and administrators who conduct or support research involving laboratory animals. After a hearing today, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the defendants from harassing UCLA personnel or coming within 50 feet of them during a demonstration. The restraining order also requires that personal information about UCLA personnel be removed from Web sites maintained by extremists. A hearing on a preliminary injunction is scheduled for March 12.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=18007" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Biochemists reveal mysteries of bacterial microcompartments</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/biochemists-reveal-structural-45193.aspx?link_page_rss=45193</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/biochemists-reveal-structural-45193.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA biochemists and colleagues have answered an important question about the structure of microcompartments &#151; the mysterious molecular machines that seem to be present in a wide variety of pathogens and other bacteria. In the Feb. 22 issue of the journal Science, the biochemists report how the microcompartment structure closes in three dimensions, forming a shell around the enzymes encased inside. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=17925" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Physics conference to explore dark matter, dark energy Feb. 20–22</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/dark-matter-dark-energy-to-be-45189.aspx?link_page_rss=45189</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/dark-matter-dark-energy-to-be-45189.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[World-renowned physicists will participate in a major UCLA symposium on dark matter and dark energy in the universe on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Marriott Hotel in Marina del Rey, Calif. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=17660" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>School shootings the result of crisis of masculinity, gun culture</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-book-examines-common-traits-44233.aspx?link_page_rss=44233</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-book-examines-common-traits-44233.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Yesterday's fatal shooting rampage at Northern Illinois University, and similar attacks last week at a Missouri city hall and in a Los Angeles suburb, again raise questions about the eruption of mass violence in America in recent years. In "Guys and Guns Amok: Domestic Terrorism and School Shootings from the Oklahoma City Bombing to the Virginia Tech Massacre," UCLA professor of education and cultural critic Douglas Kellner argues that school shootings and other acts of mass violence embody a crisis of out-of-control gun culture and male rage. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=17403" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Being physically active at work may reduce prostate cancer risk</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/men-who-are-continually-active-44818.aspx?link_page_rss=44818</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/men-who-are-continually-active-44818.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Men with jobs that require them to be physically active may be getting benefits beyond their salary and health insurance &#151; they may be at a decreased risk of developing prostate cancer, according to a study at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=16954" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>UCLA creates new institute to strengthen relationships</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-creates-new-institute-to-44114.aspx?link_page_rss=44114</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-creates-new-institute-to-44114.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Created and administered by UCLA faculty, UCLA's new Relationship Institute will offer seminars on how intimate relationships work and what couples can do to keep their relationships healthy and strong. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=16882" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>Study details California’s first Latino service organization</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-study-details-california-s-43784.aspx?link_page_rss=43784</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-study-details-california-s-43784.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The development and achievements of California&#146;s Juntas Patri&#243;ticas Mejicanas, the first statewide network of Latino service organizations, are traced in a new study by the UCLA  Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, published in the current issue of the journal California History. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=16883" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>UCLA study finds 'hotties' not so hot when you're in love</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/feelings-of-love-appear-to-reduce-44664.aspx?link_page_rss=44664</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/feelings-of-love-appear-to-reduce-44664.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In an experiment with college students in long-term relationships, researchers at UCLA and the online dating service eHarmony found that asking coeds to reflect on the love they felt for their boyfriends or girlfriends blunted the appeal of especially attractive members of the opposite sex. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=16956" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Scientists reprogram human skin cells into embryonic stem cells</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-reprogram-human-skin-44173.aspx?link_page_rss=44173</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-reprogram-human-skin-44173.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA stem cell scientists have reprogrammed human skin cells into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells, without using embryos or eggs. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=16481" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>UCLA researchers break new ground in solar cell fabrication</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/cnsi-ucla-engineering-researchers-43864.aspx?link_page_rss=43864</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/cnsi-ucla-engineering-researchers-43864.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) have announced the invention of a new method for the fabrication of organic polymer solar cells. 
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=16302" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>PET found superior to standard tools for evaluating treatment</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/positron-emission-tomography-superior-43927.aspx?link_page_rss=43927</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/positron-emission-tomography-superior-43927.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Positron emission tomography (PET) is much more sensitive and accurate than conventional imaging methods in detecting sarcoma patients' response to treatment, according to a UCLA study that is among the first to directly compare PET and computerized tomography (CT) scanning. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=15157" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>UCLA study offers new hope in fight against lung cancer </title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-discover-biomarkers-43928.aspx?link_page_rss=43928</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-discover-biomarkers-43928.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center have discovered biomarkers that predict which patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer will respond to a combination treatment of the anti-inflammatory drug Celebrex and the growth factor receptor blocker Tarceva. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=15181" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Cynthia Lee</author><title>Candy without the cavities, thanks to UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/candy-without-the-cavities-thanks-43865.aspx?link_page_rss=43865</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/candy-without-the-cavities-thanks-43865.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[What Willy Wonka did for chocolate, UCLA microbiologist Wenyuan Shi is doing for lollipops. Because of Shi, thousands of orange-flavored lollipops are rolling out of a factory in Grand Rapids, Mich., into the hands of people eager to lick them for one reason only. Shi and his lab team at the School of Dentistry have managed to make candy that's actually good for your teeth. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14420" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:57:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Hilary Rehder</author><title>UCLA Anderson Forecast: Office market feels pinch</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/allen-matkins-ucla-anderson-forecast-43761.aspx?link_page_rss=43761</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/allen-matkins-ucla-anderson-forecast-43761.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The office space market in Southern California will generally continue to weaken through 2010, according to the latest Allen Matkins / UCLA Anderson Forecast Commercial Real Estate Survey and Index Research Project. The Los Angeles market is the only... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=15298" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stan Paul</author><title>Study probes barriers to mental health aid for low-income women</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/postpartum-depression-undiagnosed-43741.aspx?link_page_rss=43741</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/postpartum-depression-undiagnosed-43741.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new UCLA study explores the reasons why many low-income women suffering from postpartum depression (PPD) do not seek help from formal mental health services, and how the barriers to such services for these women might be overcome. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14358" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:51:49 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathy Wyer</author><title>Survey finds most college freshmen satisfied with parent involvement</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/xx-42995.aspx?link_page_rss=42995</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/xx-42995.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[While college officials nationwide have seen an increase in parents who are heavily involved in the college experiences of their children, a strong majority of today's college freshmen believe that their parents are involved "the right amount," according to UCLA's annual survey of the nation's entering undergraduates. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14257" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:43:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Scientists use nanotechnology to localize and control drug delivery</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-use-nanotechnology-43634.aspx?link_page_rss=43634</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-use-nanotechnology-43634.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Using nanotechnology, scientists from UCLA and Northwestern University have developed a localized and controlled drug delivery method that is invisible to the immune system, a discovery that could provide newer and more effective treatments for cancer and other diseases. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14258" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Study raises questions about diagnosis, treatment of ADHD</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-thinking-revealed-about-adhd-43193.aspx?link_page_rss=43193</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-thinking-revealed-about-adhd-43193.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new UCLA study shows that only about half of children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, exhibit the cognitive defects commonly associated with the condition. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=13880" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>UCLA–Harvard study reveals strongest Oscar predictors</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/in-race-for-oscar-nominations-43205.aspx?link_page_rss=43205</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/in-race-for-oscar-nominations-43205.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[If you're an actor angling for an Academy Award nomination on Tuesday, you better hope you didn't leave the audience rolling in the aisles, suggests a new study from UCLA's California Center for Population Research that identified the factors that most influence Oscar nominations. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=13569" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>UCLA hosts 'Frontiers in Microrheology' workshop Feb. 6–9</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/frontiers-in-microrheology-workshop-43209.aspx?link_page_rss=43209</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/frontiers-in-microrheology-workshop-43209.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[This three-day workshop, co-hosted by the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA and the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM), brings together experts in the emerging field of microrheology. Microrheology studies the viscosity and elasticity of complex materials on a microscopic and nanoscopic scale, with applications in areas as diverse as the structures of petroleum, the interior of living cells and the biology of cancer.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=13279" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>Study shows how ultrafine particles in air may cause heart disease</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-reports-how-air-pollution-42993.aspx?link_page_rss=42993</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-reports-how-air-pollution-42993.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new academic study led by UCLA researchers has revealed that the smallest particles from vehicle emissions may be the most damaging components of air pollution in triggering plaque buildup in the arteries, which can lead to heart attack and stroke. The findings appear in the Jan. 17 online edition of the journal Circulation Research. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=12964" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton and Sarah Yang</author><title>Chemical exposures cost California an estimated $2.6 billion</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chemical-exposures-cost-california-43152.aspx?link_page_rss=43152</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/chemical-exposures-cost-california-43152.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Existing state laws regulating the production and use of hazardous chemicals have serious gaps and fail to protect public health and the environment, according to a new report released today by researchers at UCLA and the University of California, Berkeley. As a result of this inadequate oversight, chemical- and pollution-related diseases among children and workers in California cost the state's insurers, businesses and families an estimated $2.6 billion in direct and indirect costs. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=12810" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Human auditory neurons more sensitive than in other mammals</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/auditory-neurons-in-humans-far-42919.aspx?link_page_rss=42919</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/auditory-neurons-in-humans-far-42919.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The human ear is exquisitely tuned to discern different sound frequencies, whether such tones are high or low, near or far. But the ability of our ears pales in comparison to the remarkable knack of single neurons in our brains to distinguish between the very subtlest of frequency differences, a new UCLA study shows. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=12508" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:03:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>New book from Civil Rights Project takes aim at No Child Left Behind</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-book-provides-examination-42772.aspx?link_page_rss=42772</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-book-provides-examination-42772.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The federal No Child Left Behind Act's current accountability system provides insufficient evidence that the law has succeeded in raising student achievement levels or closing the nation's racial achievement gap, according to a new book from the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civilies (CRP/PDC) at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=12014" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:33:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA faculty experts advisory: genes and autism</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-42879.aspx?link_page_rss=42879</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-faculty-experts-advisory-42879.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Research teams from Boston, UCLA, Yale and Johns Hopkins each have independently published studies identifying new genes linked to autism, a complex brain disorder that strikes one in 150 American children, often disrupting their behavior and ability to communicate and form social relationships. UCLA faculty experts are available to comment on the significance of the new findings and what they mean for families with autistic children. 

 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=11868" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:54:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA scientists identify new genetic link to autism</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-identify-new-genetic-42778.aspx?link_page_rss=42778</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-identify-new-genetic-42778.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA scientists have used language onset &#151; the age when a child speaks his or her first word &#151; as a tool for identifying a new gene linked to autism. The research team also discovered that the gene is most active in brain regions involved with language and thought.  <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=11806" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>Study tracks sexual behavior of newly homeless youth</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/risky-sexual-behavior-among-newly-40087.aspx?link_page_rss=40087</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/risky-sexual-behavior-among-newly-40087.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Newly homeless youth are likelier to engage in risky sexual behavior if they stay in nonfamily settings &#151; such as friends' homes, abandoned buildings or the streets &#151; because they lack supervision and social support, a new UCLA AIDS Institute study has found. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=11077" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>Study holds promise for patients recovering from spinal injuries</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-show-nervous-system-42656.aspx?link_page_rss=42656</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-show-nervous-system-42656.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[For years, doctors believed that the only way patients with spinal cord injuries could walk again was to regrow the long nerve highways linking the brain and base of the spinal cord. Now, for the first time, a UCLA study shows that the central nervous system can reorganize itself and follow new pathways to restore the cellular communication required for movement. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=11130" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Matthew Chin</author><title>Researchers develop method for producing more efficient biofuels</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-researchers-develop-42502.aspx?link_page_rss=42502</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-researchers-develop-42502.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new method for producing next-generation biofuels by genetically modifying Escherichia coli bacteria to be an efficient biofuel synthesizer. The method could lead to mass production of these biofuels. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=9409" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>UCLA scientists working to create smaller, faster integrated circuits</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-make-major-advance-41151.aspx?link_page_rss=41151</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-make-major-advance-41151.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Integrated circuits are the "brain" in computers, cell phones, DVD players, iPhones, personal digital assistants, automobiles' navigation systems and anti-lock brakes, and many other electronic devices.

A team of UCLA scientists has now demonstrated substantial improvements in integrated circuits, achieved not by costly improvements in manufacturing but by improved computer-aided design software based on better mathematical algorithms.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=8460" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Phil Hampton</author><title>Global warming, other research from summit featured in journal</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/global-warming-and-other-research-41159.aspx?link_page_rss=41159</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/global-warming-and-other-research-41159.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Global warming and other human-induced ecological changes are outpacing the ability of species to adapt, resulting in greater threats of disease, reduced diversity in plant and animal communities, and an overall loss of natural heritage, according to research presented at a UCLA summit and published in the peer-reviewed journal Molecular Ecology.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=7079" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:56:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Matthew Chin</author><title>UCLA Engineering researchers capture optical 'rogue waves'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-researchers-capture-40861.aspx?link_page_rss=40861</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-engineering-researchers-capture-40861.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Once dismissed by scientists as fanciful sailors' stories akin to sea monsters and uncharted inlands, recent observations have shown that rogue waves are a real phenomenon, capable of destroying even large modern ships. Now, researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, have succeeded in creating and capturing rogue waves propagating through optical fiber. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5625" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Different areas of the brain respond to belief, uncertainty</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-shows-different-areas-40881.aspx?link_page_rss=40881</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-shows-different-areas-40881.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The human mind is a prolific generator of beliefs about the world. The capacity of our minds to believe or disbelieve linguistic propositions is a powerful force for controlling both behavior and emotion, but the basis of this process in the brain is not yet understood. In the January issue of the journal Annals of Neurology, UCLA researchers report that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) reveals clear differences in the areas of the brain involved in belief, disbelief and uncertainty. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5524" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:53:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>New research may lead to better climate models for global warming</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/southeastern-pacific-ocean-research-40753.aspx?link_page_rss=40753</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/southeastern-pacific-ocean-research-40753.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[One hundred fifty scientists from more than 40 universities in nine countries are starting a coordinated program aimed at gaining new insights about the Earth's climate and the complex, inter-connected system involving the oceans, atmosphere and the land. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5374" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Scientists find that cancer cells 'feel' softer than normal cells</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/using-nanotechnology-ucla-researchers-40674.aspx?link_page_rss=40674</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/using-nanotechnology-ucla-researchers-40674.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A multidisciplinary team of UCLA scientists was able to differentiate metastatic cancer cells from normal cells in patient samples using leading-edge nanotechnology that measures the cells' softness. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5229" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>Distorted self-image the result of visual brain glitch, study finds</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/brains-of-people-with-body-image-40673.aspx?link_page_rss=40673</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/brains-of-people-with-body-image-40673.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Although they look normal, people suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD, perceive themselves as ugly and disfigured. New imaging research reveals that the brains of these people look normal but function abnormally when processing visual details. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5199" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>UCLA mathematician works to make virtual surgery a reality</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-mathematician-works-to-make-40529.aspx?link_page_rss=40529</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-mathematician-works-to-make-40529.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The day is rapidly approaching when your surgeon can practice on a your "digital double" &#151; a "virtual you" &#151; before performing an actual surgery, according to UCLA mathematician Joseph Teran, who is helping to make virtual surgery a viable technology. The advantages will save lives, he believes. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=4705" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>Pilot program helps boost seniors’ activity levels, quality of life</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/pilot-program-boosts-older-adults-40326.aspx?link_page_rss=40326</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/pilot-program-boosts-older-adults-40326.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[In a new UCLA study, researchers show that older adults who participated in a pilot program aimed at changing their negative views on aging became more physically active and improved their mental health-related quality of life. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=3421" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Planets forming in Pleiades star cluster, astronomers report</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/rocky-planets-are-forming-in-the-40289.aspx?link_page_rss=40289</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/rocky-planets-are-forming-in-the-40289.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Rocky terrestrial planets, perhaps like Earth, Mars or Venus, appear to be forming or to have recently formed around a star in the Pleiades star cluster, the result of "monster collisions" of planets or planetary embryos. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=3152" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>High-energy particles from violent black holes travel to Earth</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/high-energy-particles-from-violent-40249.aspx?link_page_rss=40249</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/high-energy-particles-from-violent-40249.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Ultra-high-energy particles from just outside enormous, active black holes in nearby galaxies travel as far as 250 million light years to make it all the way to Earth, an international team of 400 physicists and astronomers from 17 countries reports in the Nov. 9 issue of the journal Science.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=2821" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>Study finds strong demand for HIV meds after high-risk sex</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-aids-institute-study-finds-40250.aspx?link_page_rss=40250</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-aids-institute-study-finds-40250.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Based on the results of a new study, researchers at UCLA's AIDS Institute are urging Los Angeles County to make antiretroviral medication available to people who have engaged in sexual behavior that puts them at risk for HIV infection. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=2257" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Arif Shaikh</author><title>Report finds achievement gaps, disparities in Calif. schools</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/achievement-gaps-resource-disparities-40255.aspx?link_page_rss=40255</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/achievement-gaps-resource-disparities-40255.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A UCLA report released today reveals a "national opportunity gap" in education, with California laging behind most other states in student outcomes and fundamental learning conditions. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=2261" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Press conference examines achievement gaps in Calif. schools </title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/unequal-to-the-task-study-reveals-40204.aspx?link_page_rss=40204</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/unequal-to-the-task-study-reveals-40204.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A telephone press conference will address the findings of the "2007 Educational Opportunity Report: The Racial Opportunity Gap," a study by the University of California's All-Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity (ACCORD) and UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education and Access (IDEA). <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=1738" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Over-the-counter pain meds may reduce risk of Parkinson's disease</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-shows-over-the-counter-40127.aspx?link_page_rss=40127</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-study-shows-over-the-counter-40127.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Over-the-counter pain medications known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs &#151; including aspirin and ibuprofen &#151; may sharply reduce a person's risk of Parkinson's disease, according to a new UCLA study. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=1292" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Sandra Shagat</author><title>Grant advances Dentistry School's work on psychosocial stress</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-nih-grant-advances-ucla-school-40126.aspx?link_page_rss=40126</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-nih-grant-advances-ucla-school-40126.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Every day, trauma centers throughout the country provide acute care to patients with intentional injuries. The focus is on treating the physical injury of the patients; there is precious little time for attending to the underlying risky behaviors that gave rise to the injury or to what its psychosocial aftereffects may be. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=1293" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>$1.1 million grant to fund research in advanced light microscopy</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/nsf-awards-1-1-m-for-major-research-40143.aspx?link_page_rss=40143</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/nsf-awards-1-1-m-for-major-research-40143.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation has awarded a $1.1 million Major Research Instrumentation grant for the Advanced Light Microscopy core laboratory at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. The award will facilitate the acquisition of the first commercially available super-resolution stimulated emission depletion (STED) confocal laser scanning microscope for nanoscopic resolution of biological samples.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=773" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Edythe London</author><title>Prof. Edythe London: 'Why I use laboratory animals'</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/targeted-ucla-scientist-speaks-40153.aspx?link_page_rss=40153</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/targeted-ucla-scientist-speaks-40153.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[For years, professor Edythe London watched with growing concern as her UCLA colleagues were subjected to harassment, violence and threats by animal rights extremists. Then it happened to her. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=774" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:53:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Amy Albin</author><title>Report shows less than half of kids in California are being read to daily</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/report-shows-less-than-half-of-40118.aspx?link_page_rss=40118</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/report-shows-less-than-half-of-40118.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A report released today reveals that California ranks in the bottom half of the nation &#151; 42nd out of 50 states and the District of Columbia &#151; in the percentage of children who are read to daily by their parents. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=775" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>'Some' difference in bedside manner helps patients meet needs</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/some-difference-in-bedside-manner-39990.aspx?link_page_rss=39990</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/some-difference-in-bedside-manner-39990.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new UCLA study suggests that a single word can go a long way toward ensuring that patients discuss their medical concerns during a doctor visit.  <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=498" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Researchers identify the brain circuits that control hunger</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/brain-circuits-that-control-hunger-40059.aspx?link_page_rss=40059</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/brain-circuits-that-control-hunger-40059.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Researchers at UCLA have identified the brain circuits involved in hunger that are influenced by the hormone leptin, the signaling molecule produced by fat cells. The new findings suggests possible new therapeutic targets for obesity, an increasing problem in both adults and children. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=496" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:18:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Jennifer Marcus</author><title>UCLA, Tokyo University symposium on nanobiotechnology Nov. 1-2</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-advances-in-nanomedicine-research-40042.aspx?link_page_rss=40042</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/new-advances-in-nanomedicine-research-40042.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) and the University of Tokyo's Center for NanoBio Integration (CNBI) will jointly sponsor an international symposium on nanobiotechnology at UCLA Nov. 1&#150;2. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=497" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Chancellor Gene Block</author><title>Statement of Chancellor Gene Block regarding animal rights extremists</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/statement-of-ucla-chancellor-gene-40060.aspx?link_page_rss=40060</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/statement-of-ucla-chancellor-gene-40060.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Chancellor Block condemned "in the strongest possible terms" a recent act of vandalism at the home of a UCLA professor and reiterated the university's "steadfast commitment to the legal use of animals in research to benefit society."  <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=408" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:10:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Watching funny shows helps children tolerate pain longer</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/study-finds-watching-funny-videos-39934.aspx?link_page_rss=39934</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/study-finds-watching-funny-videos-39934.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Watching comedy shows helps children tolerate pain for longer periods of time, according to a study by UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the nonprofit organization Rx Laughter.
 <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=1" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:08:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Rachel Champeau</author><title>UCLA doctor develops new technique to treat varicose veins</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-develops-new-technique-to-39849.aspx?link_page_rss=39849</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-develops-new-technique-to-39849.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The new, sutureless technique, known as light-assisted stab phecectomy, allows complete and rapid varicose branch vein removal with few missed varicose veins, little bruising and an excellent cosmetic result. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=2" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA scientists pinpoint possible physical origin of Alzheimer's</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-pinpoint-physical-39808.aspx?link_page_rss=39808</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-scientists-pinpoint-physical-39808.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[For some time, scientists have blamed Alzheimer's disease on a small molecule called amyloid beta protein (A beta) that leaves large gummy deposits in the brain. Recent studies suggest that these A beta proteins stick together to form floating toxic clumps that kill brain cells. Now, UCLA scientists have identified a tiny loop in A beta as the likely culprit behind the adhesion process. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=3" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:05:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Letisia Marquez</author><title>Symposium looks at Prop. 209's impact on labor, employment</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/conference-on-labor-and-employment-39843.aspx?link_page_rss=39843</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/conference-on-labor-and-employment-39843.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Advisory for FRIDAY, OCT. 26
 
WHAT:
Scholars and labor experts will discuss Proposition 209's effect on labor and employment in California at a conference titled &quot;Economic Opportunity in California: The Labor and Employment Impact... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=4" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:22:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>Elderly Medicare, Medicaid patients not receiving good care</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/older-medicare-and-medicaid-patients-39728.aspx?link_page_rss=39728</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/older-medicare-and-medicaid-patients-39728.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[If the care received by vulnerable older people concurrently enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid was evaluated on a grading scale, it would squeak by with a barely passing mark, a new UCLA study has found. <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=5" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:59:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Research project provides new insights on green algae</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/more-than-100-scientists-provide-39525.aspx?link_page_rss=39525</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/more-than-100-scientists-provide-39525.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Culminating a three-year research project, 115 scientists from around the world report in the Oct. 12 issue of the journal Science a &quot;gold mine&quot; of data on a tiny green alga called Chlamydomonas, with implications for human diseases.

The single-celled... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=6" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kathleen Wyer</author><title>More Asian Americans meeting obstacles to academic success</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/counter-to-popular-belief-majority-39558.aspx?link_page_rss=39558</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/counter-to-popular-belief-majority-39558.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Collectively, more Asian American college and university students are experiencing obstacles to academic success in U.S. higher education than in the past, according to a new UCLA report. 
 
More Asian American students now... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=7" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:34:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Matthew Chin</author><title>California Secretary of State to discuss electronic voting machines at UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/california-secretary-of-state-39617.aspx?link_page_rss=39617</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/california-secretary-of-state-39617.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Advisory for OCTOBER 10, 2007



WHAT: 
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, the state's chief elections officer, will deliver the keynote address at the UCLA Center for Embedded Networked Sensing's fifth annual research review. Bowen will speak... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=8" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:33:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Roxanne Moster</author><title>UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital unveil innovative complex</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-and-Orthopaedic-Hospital-Unveil-8233.aspx?link_page_rss=39374</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-and-Orthopaedic-Hospital-Unveil-8233.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

The UCLA Biomedical Sciences Research Building and Orthopaedic Hospital Research Center, an exciting new research hub located on the UCLA campus, was officially dedicated today. UCLA and Orthopaedic Hospital researchers who have been engaged in expanding... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=9" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:16:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Shaena Engle</author><title>Racial inequality growing in America’s schools</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Report-From-Civil-Rights-Project-8236.aspx?link_page_rss=39377</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Report-From-Civil-Rights-Project-8236.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA's Graduate School of Education &amp; Information Studies, one of the nation's leading research centers on issues of civil rights and racial inequality, has released a report examining the... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=10" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:35:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Advance may lead to much better displays on laptops and phones</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Advance-in-Creating-Inexpensive-8222.aspx?link_page_rss=39363</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Advance-in-Creating-Inexpensive-8222.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

UCLA chemists working at the nanoscale have developed a new, inexpensive means of forcing luminescent polymers to give off polarized light and of confining that light to produce polymer-based lasers. 

The research, which could lead to a brighter... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=11" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:02:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>UCLA researchers identify the molecular signature of loneliness</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Loneliness-Is-a-Molecule-UCLA-8214.aspx?link_page_rss=39355</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Loneliness-Is-a-Molecule-UCLA-8214.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

It is already known that a person's social environment can affect his or her health, with those who are socially isolated &#151; that is, lonely &#151; suffering from higher mortality than people who are not. 

Now, in the first study of its kind, published... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=12" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:59:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Amy Albin</author><title>UCLA partners with Arizona State on urinary tract biosensors</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-VA-Partners-With-Arizona-State-8207.aspx?link_page_rss=39348</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-VA-Partners-With-Arizona-State-8207.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

Researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, GeneFluidics Inc. and the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University have received a five-year, $3.2 million award from... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=1289" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:18:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>The Broad Foundation Donates $20 Million to UCLA Stem Cell Institute</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/The-Broad-Foundation-Donates-20-8208.aspx?link_page_rss=39349</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/The-Broad-Foundation-Donates-20-8208.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation is donating $20 million to fund adult and embryonic stem cell research at UCLA, enhancing a program that brings together biologists, chemists, engineers, geneticists and other scientists to develop new and more... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=13" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:14:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>Personal Chaos in HIV Patients’ Lives May Be a Barrier to Regular Medical Care, UCLA Study Shows</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Personal-Chaos-in-HIV-Patients-8203.aspx?link_page_rss=39344</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Personal-Chaos-in-HIV-Patients-8203.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Unstable and
unpredictable lifestyles are significant factors in determining access to
health care among low-income HIV-positive people, a new UCLA study has found.

The study, to be
published in the September issue of the Journal of General Interna... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=14" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:37:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>UCLA Receives $22.5 Million to Explore the Fundamental Biology of Mental Disorders</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Receives-22-5-Million-to-8201.aspx?link_page_rss=39342</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Receives-22-5-Million-to-8201.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[The National Institutes of
Health has awarded $22.5 million to a team of scientists centered at the Semel
Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA to fund the Consortium
for Neuropsychiatric Phenomics (CNP), an interdisciplinary, campuswid... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=15" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:41:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Amy Albin</author><title>UCLA/Rand Study Shows That Many Children of HIV-Positive Parents Are Not in Their Custody</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Rand-Study-Shows-That-Many-8185.aspx?link_page_rss=39326</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Rand-Study-Shows-That-Many-8185.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[A new
joint study by UCLA and the Rand Corp. shows that more than half of children with an
HIV-infected parent are not consistently in that parent's custody.

Researchers found
that during the two-year study period, 42 percent of children wer... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=16" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:53:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>Sexual Orientation Revealed by Body Type and Motion, Study Suggests</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Sexual-Orientation-Revealed-by-8182.aspx?link_page_rss=39323</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Sexual-Orientation-Revealed-by-8182.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[An individual's body motion and body type can offer subtle
cues about their sexual orientation, but casual observers seem better able to
read those cues in gay men than in lesbians, according to a new study in the
September issue of the Journal o... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=17" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:17:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Meg Sullivan</author><title>State of the Unions on Labor Day: L.A. and California Unionization Rates Exceed National Average, UCLA Study Shows</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/State-of-the-Unions-on-Labor-Day-8188.aspx?link_page_rss=39329</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/State-of-the-Unions-on-Labor-Day-8188.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[California's unionization
rate rose sharply in 2007, while rates for the nation and Los Angeles changed little, according to a
report by UCLA's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.

&quot;The State of the Unions in 2007: A Profile of Union
Membershi... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=18" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:19:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Enrique Rivero</author><title>One-Fourth of HIV Patients Believe Their Doctors Stigmatize Them</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/One-Fourth-of-HIV-Patients-Believe-8158.aspx?link_page_rss=39299</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/One-Fourth-of-HIV-Patients-Believe-8158.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Physicians might want to be extra careful about how they
treat HIV-infected patients &#151;not just in the clinical sense but in the way they
behave toward them.

Even the perception that physicians are stigmatizing
patients for carrying the virus tha... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=19" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA Study Identifies ‘Designer Estrogen’ as Potential MS Drug</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Study-Identifies-Designer-8176.aspx?link_page_rss=39317</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Study-Identifies-Designer-8176.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[FINDINGS:&#160; &#160;&#160; 
UCLA scientists
have found the first evidence that a specific form of estrogen can protect the
brain from degeneration associated with multiple sclerosis without increasing
the risk of estrogen-induced cancers of the breast and uterus... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=20" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:52:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Stuart Wolpert</author><title>Fireproofing Homes Dramatically Reduces the Spread of Forest Fires, Scientists Report</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Fireproofing-Homes-Dramatically-8173.aspx?link_page_rss=39314</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Fireproofing-Homes-Dramatically-8173.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Why do some forest fires spread rapidly over large areas,
destroying and damaging many homes, while others are contained with minimal
damage?

New research shows a major factor is whether homes are
fireproofed &#151; not just yours, but those of you... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=21" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:22:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Kim Irwin</author><title>Cancer Drugs That Block Blood Vessel Growth From Inside Cells May Lead to Serious Health Problems in the Long Term, Study Shows</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Cancer-Drugs-That-Block-Blood-Vessel-8172.aspx?link_page_rss=39313</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Cancer-Drugs-That-Block-Blood-Vessel-8172.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Angiogenesis inhibitors,
drugs that block a tumor's development of an independent blood supply, have been touted as effective cancer fighters that
result in fewer side effects than traditional chemotherapy. However, a new
study by researchers a... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=22" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:19:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Elaine Schmidt</author><title>UCLA Seeks Children With ADHD for Research Study</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Seeks-Children-With-ADHD-for-8170.aspx?link_page_rss=39311</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/UCLA-Seeks-Children-With-ADHD-for-8170.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[Does your child talk excessively? Make careless errors in
schoolwork? Have trouble concentrating? If so, your child may be suffering from
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and could be eligible to
participate in a UCLA research study.

UCL... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=23" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:39:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><author>Mark Wheeler</author><title>Study Shows Adverse Effects of Air Pollution on Births in Los Angeles County</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Study-Shows-Adverse-Effects-of-8168.aspx?link_page_rss=39309</link><guid>http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Study-Shows-Adverse-Effects-of-8168.aspx</guid><description><![CDATA[FINDINGS:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 
Women who lived in regions with high carbon monoxide or
fine-particle levels &#151; pollution caused mainly by vehicle traffic &#151; were
approximately 10 to 25 percent more likely to have a preterm baby than women
who lived in les... <img src="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/rss.ashx?id=24" height="1" width="1" />]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:54:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>