Having grown up listening to his father’s stories of survival in the Holocaust, Raphael Rose developed an interest in behavioral psychology and the effects traumatic experiences can have on a person. Read more...
Photo: Professor Raphael Rose will receive a grant to study stress management for astronauts. (Courtesy of Raphael D. Rose)
A graduate student accused of falsifying data said he stands behind his research in an email statement Friday. In a study published in December, Michael LaCour and his co-author, Columbia professor Donald Green, reported results that suggested voters’ support for same-sex marriage increases following a 20-minute conversation with a gay advocate for same-sex marriage. Read more...
Photo: Michael LaCour, a UCLA graduate student, said in an email statement Friday that he stands by his study published in Science magazine in December. (UCLA)
Dylan Miceli-Nelson took his final steps when he was 14 years old. Doctors diagnosed him with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, or DMD, when he was 3 years old. Read more...
Photo: UCLA professors Stanley Nelson and Carrie Miceli launched the Be Reasonable campaign to persuade the Food and Drug Administration to grant accelerated approval for drugs for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. (Kristen Payne/Daily Bruin)
Each time a UCLA football player experiences a head-on-head collision during a practice or game, researchers can track the hit to detect the speed, angle, velocity and force imparted on the athlete’s head. Read more...
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After a year of severe stomach pains, doctors diagnosed Jessa Culver with Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract, and finally gave her the proper treatment. Read more...
Species versus species aggression is never considered positive for a population. Any aggression is costly and can cause many to die in the battle, so animals of different species avoid fighting. Read more...
In one week, four UCLA students will pack their bags for a trip to Morocco, prepared to huddle around a single computer at one of the most prestigious computer programming competitions in the world. Read more...
Photo: A team of UCLA students will go to the World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest in Marrakech, Morocco. (Courtesy of Callie Smith)
