New study uses Google search history to track syphilis outbreaks

Google’s search history data can be used to target ads, personalize websites and now, according to UCLA researchers, track the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Sean Young, an associate professor at UCLA and executive director of the University of California Institute for Prediction Technology, collaborated with researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

UCLA professor heads long-term evolutionary biology project on marmots

Daniel Blumstein’s office is filled with marmot souvenirs, ranging from a “marmot-Xing” sign, to marmot T-shirts and memes, to a casino advertisement featuring a marmot. Blumstein, a UCLA ecology and evolutionary biology professor and head of the Marmot Project of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, studies a range of topics through his research on marmots, […]

Campus Queries: How can we stick to our weight-loss oriented New Year’s resolutions?

Fifty percent of New Year’s resolutions fail by spring, according to a study by Statistic Brain Research Institute. The Daily Bruin spoke with researchers at UCLA to find out research-based ways to stick to your New Year’s resolutions. “Losing weight” is the hallmark of many  New Year’s resolutions list, yet studies have shown that 80 percent […]

UCLA holds Brain Awareness Week for middle and high school students

A UCLA postdoctoral researcher displayed a sheep brain in front of 30 middle schoolers while explaining the organ’s importance at an event last week. “If you get a liver transplant or a kidney transplant or even a heart transplant, you would be the same person,” said Marcus Otero, a neuroscience researcher. “If you were to […]

Study finds link between proteins, electroconversion therapy response

UCLA researchers have found a way to predict how individuals with depression will respond to electroconvulsive therapy, a common treatment for the disorder. In electroconvulsive therapy, doctors stimulate the patient’s brain with electrical pulses while they are under anesthesia. Although the treatment has been found to be effective, nearly one-third of patients fail to respond […]

Campus Queries: How can we stick to our financial New Year’s resolutions?

Fifty percent of New Year’s resolutions fail by February, according to a study by Statistic Brain Research Institute. The Daily Bruin spoke with researchers at UCLA to find research-based ways to stick to your New Year’s resolutions. “(Make) better financial goals” is the third most common New Year’s resolution in the United States, yet less […]

UCLA study finds poor sleep quality linked to ethnic discrimination

UCLA researchers have found that teenagers who face ethnic discrimination sleep less than those who do not. In a study published last month, researchers at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute interviewed hundreds of high school students of different ethnic backgrounds, asking them if they agreed […]