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UCLA engineers develop artificial intelligence device that identifies objects at the speed of light
The researchers demonstrated that the device could accurately identify handwritten numbers and items of clothing — both commonly used tests in AI studies.
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UCLA researchers discover how the body regenerates blood vessel lining
The findings could lead to new methods to help prevent clots and repair damage that can result from the placement of stents.
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Drugs for heart failure are still under-prescribed, years after initial study
Research conducted between 2007 and 2009 showed that many patients were not receiving the recommended doses of three categories of medication.
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Researchers discover chemical reaction that uses a surprising molecule
The finding by a UCLA team may lead to new ways to convert petroleum waste into useful compounds.
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Ability to identify genuine laughter transcends culture, UCLA-led study finds
Greg Bryant, a professor of communication, studies the nature of laughter — and what it reveals about the evolution of human communication and cooperation.
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New initiatives expand community benefits of L.A. County Parks’ innovative nighttime programs
A UCLA report found that the new services saved the county money, and provided residents with easier access to mental health and gang intervention programs.
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UCLA biologist works to create a new field, merging the sciences and architecture
Research has implications for health and disease, teamwork and collective behavior.
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An aerial, as opposed to ground-level, view of time
UCLA Anderson Review: Do today and yesterday and tomorrow loom large in your thinking, with the more distant past and future barely visible on the horizon? That’s not unusual.
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Military personnel show brain changes similar to those in retired football players suspected to have CTE
UCLA researchers studied FDDNP, a molecular tracer that binds with proteins called tau and amyloid, and which indicates the location and extent of abnormal proteins in the brain.
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Furniture from China contributes to deforestation in central Africa
UCLA research shows a connection between the loss of trees and furniture bought in the United States.
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Researchers discover natural product that could lead to new class of commercial herbicide
The bioinformatics approach the team used to uncover the weed killer could potentially be used to find new drugs for antibacterial medicines.
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Astronomers identify source of neutrinos, a step toward resolving a century-old riddle
The international team has found the first evidence of a source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos — ghostly subatomic particles that can travel unhindered for billions of light-years to Earth.
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Antibody identifier could speed development of therapies for cancer, other diseases
A research team led by a UCLA bioengineer has created a model to predict the effectiveness of potential treatments to help the immune system.
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Parents who had severe stresses, trauma in childhood more likely to have kids with behavioral health problems
The study is the first to examine intergenerational behavioral effects of adverse childhood experiences.
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UCLA-led center receives $9.75 million to improve rechargeable batteries
The Synthetic Control Across Length-scales for Advancing Rechargeables center will help accelerate research on new types of chemistry and materials that can help improve batteries’ capacity, stability and safety.
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Climate change is making it harder for couples to conceive
A UCLA study projects that as temperatures rise, and the number and severity of heat waves increases, getting pregnant may become harder than ever.
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Family travels 7,500 miles to save son’s life with treatment developed at UCLA
Hussein El Kerdi looked like a healthy baby boy, but his immune cells lacked an important enzyme. His family traveled from Lebanon to UCLA seeking a cure.
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Change in brain cells linked to opiate addiction, narcolepsy
Two discoveries — one in the brains of people with heroin addiction and the other in the brains of sleepy mice — shed light on chemical messengers that regulate sleep and addiction, UCLA researchers say.
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New photodetector could improve night vision, thermal sensing and medical imaging
The device, designed by UCLA Engineering researchers, operates across a broad range of light, processes images more quickly and is more sensitive to low levels of light than current models.
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Curing a deadly childhood disease, sharing her love of science, and a sleek ’68 Corvette drive this biochemist
Rachelle Crosbie-Watson is researching new drugs that one day may halt the progression of the deadly childhood muscle-wasting disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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UCLA researchers develop synthetic T cells that mimic form, function of human version
The availability of such cells — with properties similar to those from humans and other animals — should help scientists accelerate research on therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases.
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UCLA receives $9.5 million grant to study link between substance use and HIV transmission
The new work will continue a study that began in 2013 with a $7 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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Two UCLA chemists selected as 2018 Pew scholars
Hosea Nelson and Jose Rodriguez have been selected among 22 early career researchers for the awards which provides funding for work advancing human health.
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What does it mean to be moved by love?
An emotion called ‘kama muta’ is typically accompanied by moist eyes or tears, chills or goosebumps, a warm feeling in the body, a feeling of exhilaration and a motivation to help others.
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Treating intestine with ‘good’ cholesterol compound inhibits lung tumor growth in mice
The findings help explain the connection between HDL cholesterol and reduced cancer risk, and suggest that a similar compound may be an effective therapy in humans.
- Wednesday, October 17, 2018