Tag Archive for: UCLA Life Sciences
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One of California’s iconic tree species offers lessons for conservation
With increasing regularity, Californians are witnessing…
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What wolves’ teeth reveal about their lives
UCLA evolutionary biologist Blaire Van Valkenburgh has spent…
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Study shows how serotonin and a popular anti-depressant affect the gut’s microbiota
A new study in mice led by UCLA biologists strongly suggests…
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Minds Matter: Raising the Curtain on Depression and Anxiety
UCLA students, community members and supporters joined Cleveland…
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Biochemists discover new insights into what may go awry in brains of people with Alzheimer’s
More than three decades of research on Alzheimer’s disease…
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Babies Know the Difference between the Laughter of Friends and Strangers
Five-month-olds may use chuckles to identify information about…
![Coretta Harris, left, chair of the 2019 Gold Shield Faculty Prize Committee; Paul Barber; and Karen Sears, ecology and evolutionary biology department chair, who nominated Barber for the award.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/CorettaHarrisPaulBarberKarenSears_hero-495x400.jpg)
Marine scientist Paul Barber named 2019 Gold Shield Faculty Prize winner
In the very first day of his “Introduction to…
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UCLA psychologist on why we should embrace aging
UCLA Broadcast Studio
Alan Castel notes that wisdom…
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UCLA microbiologist Patricia J. Johnson elected to National Academy of Sciences
Patricia J. Johnson, UCLA professor of microbiology, immunology…
![Divers survey submersible cages used to farm cobia off the coast of Puerto Rico. UCLA researchers conducted the first country-by-country evaluation of the potential for marine aquaculture under current policies and practices.](https://www.college.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Aquaculture-495x400.jpg)
Will ocean seafood farming sink or swim? UCLA study evaluates its potential
Seafood farming in the ocean — or marine aquaculture…