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<rss xmlns:contact="contact" xmlns:attachment="attachment" xmlns:default_file="default_file" xmlns:content="content:encoded" version="2.0"><channel><title>Science + Technology - UCLA</title><link>http://newsroom.ucla.edu</link><description>Science + technology feed</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:07:26 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:07:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>iPressroom</generator><item><title>Team led by UCLA professor wins $7.5 million NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE </title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-nrg-cosia-carbon-xprize-concrete</link><contentType>releases</contentType><description><![CDATA[Researchers led by Gaurav Sant developed technology to turn carbon dioxide into concrete.]]></description><author>Christine Wei-li Lee </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-nrg-cosia-carbon-xprize-concrete</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Eight UCLA professors awarded 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-professors-awarded-2021-guggenheim-fellowships</link><contentType>stories</contentType><description><![CDATA[UCLA had more faculty honored than any other university. ]]></description><author>Jessica Wolf </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-professors-awarded-2021-guggenheim-fellowships</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>In memoriam: Kuo-Nan Liou, 77, professor of atmospheric sciences</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/in-memoriam-kuo-nan-liou-professor-atmospheric-sciences</link><contentType>stories</contentType><description><![CDATA[Liou, a UCLA distinguished professor and the founding director of the Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, died March 20.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid 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use the Nobel prize–winning technology to directly correct sickle mutation in blood stem cells.]]></description><author>UCLA Newsroom </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/clinical-trial-crispr-sickle-cell-disease-gene-defect</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Professor and data scientist Xia Yang finds patterns that can improve our health</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/xia-yang-professor-data-scientist</link><contentType>stories</contentType><description><![CDATA[Yang’s research reveals how genetic and environmental factors can disrupt gene networks.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/xia-yang-professor-data-scientist</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Size of grass blades offers better understanding of their vulnerability to climate change</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/grass-blades-climate-change</link><contentType>releases</contentType><description><![CDATA[Research determined that grass with narrow leaves and high numbers of veins should be better able to withstand the drier conditions expected in the future.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/grass-blades-climate-change</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UCLA researchers receive $6 million from NIH to explore new pancreatic cancer therapies</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-researchers-awarded-6-million-by-nih-to-find-new-ways-to-treat-pancreatic-cancer</link><contentType>releases</contentType><description><![CDATA[Only 1 in 10 people diagnosed with this aggressive disease live beyond five years, and most current therapies have been unsuccessful in treating it.]]></description><author>Denise Heady </author><guid 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hunter-gatherers</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/gendered-movement-among-hunter-gatherers</link><contentType>releases</contentType><description><![CDATA[GPS data reveal how gender roles and ecology influence men’s and women’s movement through the landscape in which they live.]]></description><author>Jessica Wolf </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/gendered-movement-among-hunter-gatherers</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>$1 million gift from Manizheh Yomtoubian establishes faculty chair at UCLA Engineering</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/yomtoubian-faculty-chair-ucla-engineering</link><contentType>releases</contentType><description><![CDATA[Dr. Arash Naeim, an oncologist and bioengineer, has been selected to hold the new endowed chair.]]></description><author>Christine Wei-li Lee </author><guid 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isn’t always the best way to get your message across — advertising is key, says professor Gabriel Rossman.]]></description><author>Jessica Wolf </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/forget-what-you-think-you-know-about-viral-marketing</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How much regulation is too much on the tech industry?</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/how-much-regulation-is-too-much-on-the-tech-industry</link><contentType>stories</contentType><description><![CDATA[UCLA’s Terry Kramer says that promoting innovation while protecting consumers will require avoiding oversimplified, absolutist positions.]]></description><author>Mike Fricano and Cheryl Cheng </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/how-much-regulation-is-too-much-on-the-tech-industry</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Q&amp;A: David Paige on the Feb. 18 Mars Perseverance 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10 Feb 2021 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bringing hands-on STEM learning home for the pandemic</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/bringing-hands-on-stem-learning-home-for-the-pandemic</link><contentType>stories</contentType><description><![CDATA[The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA has adapted its education outreach programs during COVID-19.]]></description><author>Wayne Lewis </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/bringing-hands-on-stem-learning-home-for-the-pandemic</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dean Tracy Johnson seeks to diversify the pipeline of future scientists and doctors</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/tracy-johnson-and-the-hhmi-pathways-program</link><contentType>stories</contentType><description><![CDATA[The UCLA-Howard Hughes Medical Institute Pathways to Success Program has enrolled more than 125 students from underrepresented backgrounds.]]></description><author>Scott Timberg and Melissa Abraham </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/tracy-johnson-and-the-hhmi-pathways-program</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Local demand is helping California surpass renewable energy targets</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/clean-power-california-renewable-energy-targets</link><contentType>releases</contentType><description><![CDATA[A UCLA study shows that 30% of residents now can choose cleaner power from community choice aggregators.]]></description><author>Michelle Einstein </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/clean-power-california-renewable-energy-targets</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scientists jump-start two people’s brains after coma</title><link>https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-scientists-jump-start-brains-after-coma</link><contentType>releases</contentType><description><![CDATA[For patients and their families, this “means the world,” said UCLA professor of psychology and neurosurgery Martin Monti.]]></description><author>Stuart Wolpert </author><guid isPermaLink="true">https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-scientists-jump-start-brains-after-coma</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>