Category Archives: Science & Health

Research center marks first anniversary The Center for Embedded Networked Sensing will host a public review of its current research to mark one year since its establishment. Researchers at CENS work with tiny devices called sensors and actuators, which are densely distributed in an environment to collect information. Such devices could provide breakthrough discoveries in […]

UCLA students in atmospheric sciences are testing their classroom skills in a 26-week national weather forecasting competition that began this past Monday. The National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest involves over 700 students and faculty from more than 30 universities across the country, according to UCLA’s staff meteorologist James Murakami, a member and advisor on the […]

The Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics Focus Center may have a large name, but what the researchers involved with FENA will be dealing with is pretty small. Kang Wang, electrical engineering professor and founder of the UCLA Nanotechnology Facility, has been chosen to head the Focus Center established in September to conduct research that will sustain […]

It is usually hard to get anything useful done in waiting rooms, but a new student-run information center at the UCLA Children’s Health Center is providing parents with an opportunity to learn about child and family health issues while they wait. The Students for Community Outreach, Promotion and Education opened the Child and Family Resource […]

UCLA scientists have found a way to not only pinpoint dormant instances of human immunodeficiency virus hiding in the body, but to destroy them, according to a study published earlier this month. Revealing stowaway HIV involves stimulating T-cells, where the HIV hides, into causing the virus to “peek out” of the cell, said Jerome A. […]

Tai Chi proven to reduce risk of shingles in elderly A recent study conducted by the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute has revealed that the practice of Tai Chi can significantly reduce the chances of older adults contracting shingles. Researchers reported that a 15-week Tai Chi class, undertaken by 36 men and women over the age of […]

Three years ago, RU-486 ““ or simply “the abortion pill” ““ was approved for use in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration despite much controversy and debate over its safety. Now, the recent death of an 18-year-old woman from the San Francisco Bay area has again raised questions about the drug. Holly […]