UCLA research reveal key insights about how viral RNA genomes organize and replicate
Research led by Hong Zhou, professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, catches double-stranded RNA virus in the act of transcription
West Nile virus killing millions more birds than previously thought, UCLA researchers find
West Nile virus is killing millions more birds and affecting many more bird species than previously thought, according to new research from a multi-university team of researchers–including UCLA co-first author, Ryan Harrigan and UCLA senior author, Thomas Smith.
UCLA’s Second Grand Challenge to Combat Depression
Psychology professor, Michelle Craske, will lead effort to develop innovative treatment center to combat Depression
Ecotourism can put wild animals at risk, scientists say
A recent study (with senior author Daniel Blumstein, UCLA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) analyzed more than 100 research studies on how ecotourism affects wild animals and concluded that such trips can be harmful to the animals, whose behaviors may be altered in ways that put them at risk.
Quantifying the impact of climate on ecosystems worldwide
UCLA-led study, with senior author, Lawren Sack, restores consensus after controversial 2014 paper questioned direct effects of climate change
Keeping gut bacteria in balance could help delay age-related diseases, UCLA study finds
New research led by UCLA life scientists may help answer why some people remain healthy into old age, while others age faster and suffer serious diseases decades earlier.
Stress levels help explain how men and women differ in providing emotional support
UCLA psychologist, Thomas Bradbury, along with an international team of psychologists, found that men and women who aren’t stressed out both provide strong support to their partners. But when under stress, women do a better job than men of being supportive.
Completely paralyzed man voluntarily moves his legs, UCLA scientists report
Robotic step training and noninvasive spinal stimulation developed by UCLA researchers enabled a completely paralyzed patient to take thousands of steps
Men who buy sex have much in common with sexually coercive men
Recent research, co-authored by UCLA psychology professor Neil Malamuth finds that men who buy sex share certain key characteristics with men who are at risk for committing sexual aggression.
How to convince vaccine skeptics — and how not to
UCLA and U. of Illinois psychologists find a way to change minds. Vaccine skeptics can be convinced with the right argument.