Before picking up the pencil to begin trying to get through that murky biochemistry midterm, thinking about an important personal value can alleviate the feeling of impending doom, according to a new UCLA-led study. The study of 80 UCLA undergraduate students shows that when people focus on positive self-affirmations prior to a stressful events, they […]
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SCIENCE&HEALTH: Chimps don’t go ape over altruism
Chimpanzees do not perform the acts of altruism that humans do, according to a new UCLA study on chimp behavior. A study conducted by researchers at UCLA, Emory University, the University of Texas and the University of Louisiana shows that chimps are indifferent to performing selfless acts in order to benefit or reward other chimps. […]
SCIENCE&HEALTH: Surveying the damage of AIDS in the brain
A recent imaging study by UCLA and University of Pittsburgh researchers, which revealed the areas of the brain damaged by the AIDS virus, may be used to determine which drugs better target the AIDS virus in the brain. The study, published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science online on Oct. 10, used […]
Twins with rare disease improving
Twin brothers with a rare heart disease and in need of heart transplants have improved in health since arriving at UCLA. The 12-week-old identical twin boys, Nicholas and Nathaniel Draper, were transferred from the neonatal intensive care unit to the pediatric unit at UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital about two weeks ago. “They are still critically […]
Administration tries to increase, maintain female faculty within the sciences
From Dorothy Hodgkin, who developed protein crystallography to determine the structure of compounds such as vitamin B-12 and insulin, to Rosalind Franklin, who contributed to the discovery of DNA structure, women have always been an integral part of science. UCLA administrators say they have been working both to increase the number of female professors, as […]
Hunting for clues to degenerative disease
Huntington’s disease is one of many that continue to present unanswered questions to researchers. UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute researchers, however, are beginning to make strides in understanding the mechanism by which the perplexing disease manifests itself among brain cells. The theory to date has been that a genetic mutation in the “Huntington protein” results in an […]
UCLA team develops sensor system for filmmaking
Imagine a single device that allows one to simultaneously relay positions of actors, equipment, lighting and sound of a movie set to filmmakers. This is possible with the development of sensor system technology by UCLA researchers as part of the Advanced Technology for Cinematography project. The system consists of sensors, placed throughout the film set, […]