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UCLA research reveals how new behaviors appear and spread among capuchin monkeys
UCLA anthropologist Susan Perry finds that older, sociable monkeys are more likely to develop mannerisms and then transmit them to others.
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Don’t multitask while you read this
Divided attention does impair memory, but a UCLA study found that people can still selectively focus on what is most important — even while they’re distracted.
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Study reveals white nationalists’ reactions when genetics test results challenge their identity
UCLA researchers’ analysis of posts in a forum on the website Stormfront shows coping mechanisms that range from rejection to reinterpretation to acceptance.
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UCLA faculty voice: Why building more freeways makes traffic worse
Economist Jerry Nickelsburg advocates long-term planning that accounts for transportation and housing policy, as well as for creating incentives for more mass transit use.
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Traces of the Civil War in California
UCLA history professor Joan Waugh, one of the nation's pre-eminent scholars on the Civil War, shares how the historic era and the Confederacy touched the state.
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Parks After Dark turns Los Angeles County parks into safe havens for communities
The program’s budget for 2016 was $2.3 million, but a UCLA report estimated that it saved the county about $5.87 million in law enforcement costs last year.
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Crowds take in the solar eclipse at UCLA
More than 1,000 people filled the Court of Sciences on Monday to view the partial eclipse of the sun.
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Study provides insight into link between two rare tumor syndromes
Findings from the research, led by UCLA’s Dr. Marco Giovannini, will be used to refine and develop new therapies and treatments, which could benefit young children and adults with these syndromes.
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Few women with history of breast cancer and ovarian cancer take a recommended genetic test
UCLA’s Christopher Childers says the relevant genetic mutations can be easily detected through blood or saliva analysis.
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Q&A with Rosa Gaiarsa, head of collections at the UCLA Film and Television Archive
In this interview the head of collections for the UCLA Film and Television Archive discusses her job and how she got into film preservation.
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UCLA ranked No. 2 public university in U.S., No. 12 overall in the world
The Academic Ranking of World Universities, which uses six criteria to measure excellence, is compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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UCLA scientists invite public to free eclipse-watching event
Public event, featuring filtered solar telescopes for safe viewing, will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 21.
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For post-menopausal women, vaginal estrogens do not raise risk of cancer, other diseases
UCLA-led study is the first to examine potential adverse health effects in users of vaginal estrogen compared with non-users.
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Mann UCLA Community School successfully opens its ninth grade
UCLA and the Los Angeles Unified School District are working together to replicate the success of their school partnership in Koreatown in South L.A.
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Revealing the history of genocide against California’s Native Americans
In his award-winning book, UCLA professor Benjamin Madley meticulously details state-sanctioned killing and also intrepid resilience.
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Scholars dig into nationwide survey of post-election data at conference
A national network of researchers gathered at UCLA to dissect findings on race, ethnicity and politics all derived from the same innovative and singular data set.
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UCLA researchers demonstrate new material that could aid body’s cellular repair process
The injectable hydrogel works by forming a scaffold inside a wound that new tissue can grow around.
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UCLA scientists identify a new way to activate stem cells to make hair grow
The research may lead to new drugs that could promote hair growth for people with baldness or alopecia, which is hair loss linked to such factors such as hormonal imbalance, stress, aging or chemotherapy.
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Findings pave way for three-drug combination treatment for childhood leukemia
The regimen devised by UCLA researchers has proven to kill cancer cells and eradicate acute lymphoblastic leukemia in mouse models.
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A tiny fraction of oceans could satisfy the world’s fish demand
UCLA environmental scientist co-authored a study that maps where fish and seafood can be sustainably farmed.
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System creates 3-D images of tissue samples without conventional lenses
Hologram technology developed at UCLA could lead to easier and less costly diagnoses of chronic diseases in remote areas and developing countries.
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A day to celebrate at UCLA’s 2017 All-Staff Picnic
Some 5,000 UCLA staffers got together on Dickson Plaza for the 13th edition of the annual mid-summer break.
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UCLA faculty voice: No, the laws of Australia don’t override the laws of mathematics
John Villasenor on why the Australian government’s recent push to force technology companies to break into end-to-end encryption is futile.
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Michael Teitell named director of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Teitell, a renowned molecular immunologist and biochemist, was chosen after a national search and assumed leadership on Aug. 8.
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Sleep biology discovery could lead to new insomnia treatments that don’t target the brain
UCLA scientists report the first evidence that a gene outside the brain controls the ability to rebound from sleep deprivation.
- Wednesday, August 23, 2017