UCLA researchers developed a gel-forming sprayable solution that can prevent cancer cells from regrowing after surgical removal. Zhen Gu, a bioengineering professor, and other senior researchers at universities in the U.S. Read more...
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This post was updated Jan. 11 at 4:21 p.m. UCLA researchers launched brain cells into space last month in an attempt to understand a neurological condition that commonly affects astronauts. Read more...
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Researchers studying depression spoke about the reasons they study the condition and described the purpose and work of the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge at an event on campus Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: At a TEDxUCLA event Tuesday, researchers discussed their work studying depression and the relations their findings will have to the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)
The University of California is negotiating a new contract with an academic publisher due to unsustainable and increasing subscription costs. The UC’s contract with Elsevier, the owner of over 2,500 journals including Cell and The Lancet, ended on Dec. Read more...
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UCLA researchers suggested ways to prevent water crises in Los Angeles in a paper based on 10 years of research. The paper, published in the Journal of Environmental Management, suggests that eliminating outdoor landscaping and lawns could reduce water waste by 30 percent. Read more...
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A civil war has left a disproportionate number of elephants in Mozambique without tusks. UCLA researchers are trying to figure out why. Shane Campbell-Staton, an ecology and evolutionary biology assistant professor, studies female elephants in Gorongosa National Park, an area ravaged by the country’s nearly 16-year civil war. Read more...
UCLA researchers found chemotherapy and other radiation cancer treatments may be linked to worsened cognitive performance. The study, published this week, showed DNA damage from radiation therapies was associated with worsened cognitive performance in patients. Read more...
