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Among the group's other recommendations: household water meters that measure indoor and outdoor water use separately, and stronger incentives for drought-resistant landscaping.

The findings open the door to future research on how to control the regeneration of heart tissue in order to repair damage caused by disease or heart attack.

UCLA researchers found that when compared with children born to white American mothers, children of foreign-born women who are black, Central or South American, Filipino and Vietnamese had a higher risk of autism.

With online feedback, surgeons improved their technique, had shorter completion times and earned better scores technical efficiency, accuracy and economy of motion.

Findings from the three-year study could eventually lead to new personalized treatments for lung cancer, which is responsible for an estimated 29 percent of U.S. cancer deaths.

The research, led by UCLA professor Mark Kaplan, underscores the need to harmonize suicide prevention and alcohol-control strategies.

The study suggests a new way to think about the human brain under anesthesia and could encourage physicians to reexamine how they approach monitoring anesthesia in the operating room.

The Cal EcoMaps site, launched this month, features a detailed interactive map and environmental impact ratings for 172 industrial facilities in Los Angeles County.

If construction pays so much more than other fields that don't require a college education, why don't women flock to it? A new study details the obstacles.

Led by UCLA's Dr. Tumaini Coker, researchers developed a new design for preventive health care for children from birth through age 3 from low-income communities.

The Roseline project, headquartered at UCLA, will work to improve the accuracy and efficiency with which computers maintain their knowledge of physical time and synchronize it with a variety of networked devices.

Mentally ill mass murderers receive tons of media attention, but they're not the typical perpetrators of violent crimes, say researchers. The team recommends a new risk-based approach to reducing firearms fatalities.

Led by Dr. Ming Guo, the team identified a new gene involved in the neurological disorder, a finding that could eventually lead to a new target for treatment.

The funding from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine will support Dr. John Chute's research aimed at creating new stem cell therapies for use in medical practice.

The findings may help doctors develop interventions to help lower risk for memory issues, UCLA researchers say.

Two experimental drugs were shown in clinical trials to increase survival times with fewer toxic side effects than standard treatments.

Researchers at UCLA have created a nanoscale magnetic component for computer memory chips that could significantly improve their energy efficiency.

In clinical trials at UCLA, doctors are seeing major treatment successes with an experimental drug called MK-3475 in two types of cancer with historically low survival rates: metastatic melanoma and lung cancer.

"Policymakers should ensure that the impending shift in federal funding does not destabilize institutions that are the backbone of public health in California," UCLA researchers warn.

In less than 40 years, the number of Asian Americans elected or appointed to public office has jumped from just over 100 to more than 4,000, according to a new political almanac published by UCLA.

The UCLA team's findings could lead to treatments for blood disorders associated with both iron deficiencies and overloads.

Among the 65-plus age group, depression is linked with a far greater chance for early death possibly due to failure to follow their medication regime.

Tisch's funding will help UCLA create the world’s most sophisticated research, prevention and treatment program for athletics-related brain injuries.

UCLA researchers have discovered that the parasite that causes trichomoniasis, a common sexual infection, may enhance prostate cells' progression from normal cells to tumor cells.

UCLA-led research at four Los Angeles public schools found that many students didn't eat even a bite of the new, healthier items that were added to menus when LAUSD refreshed its lunch offerings in 2011.