Why Access to Screens Is Lowering Kids’ Social Skills

Yalda Uhls, researcher at UCLA’s Children’s Digital Media Center, Patricia Greenfield, professor of Psychology, and colleagues, have found that kids read emotions better after being deprived of electronic media.

New vaccine shows promise as stronger weapon against both tuberculosis, leprosy

The UCLA lab of Marcus A. Horwitz, has created an improved vaccine against tuberculosis that also offers cross-protection against bacterium that causes leprosy.

Parasitic worms sniff out their victims

New research by UCLA’s Elissa Hallem and colleagues, reveals that olfactory preferences in different roundworm species reflect host specificity rather than species relatedness, suggesting that olfaction plays an important role in host location.

PTSD can develop even without memory of the trauma

Recent research by former UCLA post-doc Andrew Poulos (lead author), Psychology professor Michael Fanselow (senior author), and others suggests PTSD can develop without memory of the trauma.

How ‘jumping genes’ help black truffles adapt to their environment

A recent study carried out by an international team–including senior author, Matteo Pellegrini, UCLA life scientist– reports on the truffle’s unique genetic makeup.

Scientists suggest new direction for treating depression, schizophrenia, and other mental disorders

In the July 16 issue of Nature, Psychology professor Michelle Craske and her colleagues urge clinicians and neuroscientists to work together to understand and improve psychological treatments.

High school student Petra Grutzik wins 1st at INTEL science fair, under guidance of UCLA Life Scientists

With Mentorship by UCLA Life Scientists, Nancy Day and Stephanie White, high school student Petra Grutzik wins 1st place at INTEL science fair and continues to move upward in science.

New Garden Entrance at UCLA’s Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden

Gun violence and mental illness: Study addresses perception vs. reality

UCLA psychologist, Vickie Mays, worked with a team of international scholars to analyze epidemiological studies on gun violence and mental illness, and compared these results to media-fueled public perceptions about the dangerousness of mentally ill individuals.

Gray wolves may make a comeback in California

The gray wolf, hunted to extinction in California nearly 90 years ago, will be listed under the state’s Endangered Species Act. Robert Wayne, professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, says it’s just a matter of time before wolves establish a pack in the Golden State