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A UCLA study shows that warming forces have caused millennia of dryness in California’s prehistory, and greenhouses gases could do the same.

A fluid that behaves similarly to water in our day-to-day lives becomes as heavy as honey when trapped in a nanocage.

Though the test reduces the number of women undergoing radiation, researchers say doctors and policy makers should further discuss the value of using Oncotype DX DCIS.

The research interests of UCLA faculty and students are highly relevant to the work by his organization, said Jason Matheny, director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, in a recent visit to campus.

The least developed human embryonic stem cells, or “naïve” pluripotent stem cells, consume more sugar than “primed” pluripotent stem cells, which are embryonic stem cells from later in development, researchers have discovered.

The findings could provide scientists with a better understanding of how the brain goes awry in conditions like learning disorders and social anxiety disorder.

The discovery opens up a new avenue of research into autism’s causes and potential therapies.

UCLA researchers say that given the dominance of public spending in health care, a single-payer system might be more feasible than previously thought.

UCLA urban planners create an interactive mapping tool to analyze whether developments near Los Angeles light-rail and subway projects displace people.

The technique involved amplifying a protein signal without using enzymes, which takes the process from two to four hours down to 10 minutes.

Scientists find new autism-linked gene, and discover that autistic siblings don’t always have the same disease-related mutations.

A 25-year-old man made remarkable progress following a treatment at UCLA that uses sonic stimulation to excite the neurons in the thalamus.

The findings could also help speed research of CTE, helping scientists better understand its prevalence in the population and in studying potential therapies.

New research demonstrates that ions subjected to buffer gas cooling never truly cool down to the temperature of the surrounding gas.

Findings from analyzing the body’s biological clock suggest that genetic or environmental factors linked to ethnicity may influence how quickly a person ages.

The research is the first to demonstrate how lifestyle factors directly influence abnormal proteins in people with subtle memory loss who have not yet been diagnosed with dementia.

The findings are a major step toward confirming an unusual theory of how some cancer cells metastasize, and the study could lead to new strategies for keeping melanoma from spreading.

Using the technology could improve nursing education by reducing the role of subjective assessments and by providing more consistent evaluations.

The test, developed by UCLA researchers, could also be used to identify biomarkers for cancer and infectious diseases.

From the capuchin monkeys of Costa Rica to the Los Angeles area's mountain lions, UCLA experts are developing new techniques and advancing knowledge.

UCLA researchers have found that bisphenol S the chemical used to replace BPA in plastics, is just as harmful to the reproductive system and at lower doses.

The new head of the Office of Intellectual Property and Industry Sponsored Research, and of Westwood Technology Transfer, was previously with Israel’s Weizman Institute of Science.

Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center say findings in new study will help physicians and patients make informed decisions.

UCLA professor Blaire Van Valkenburgh said the animals in question “are all that is left of a once much more diverse megafauna that populated the planet only 12,000 years ago.”

UCLA study shows that meditation and similar strategies may reduce the likelihood of relapse for certain people struggling with addiction.