Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder that affects movement and mobility. It is caused by the degeneration of dopamine-producing neurons in the brain, leading…
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The formation of the solar system remains one of the biggest mysteries in astronomy and planetary science. Scientists believe that the solar system formed around…
Contours of magnetic fields that emerge a result of self-organization of microscopic currents resulting from the Weibel instability in a carbon dioxide laser-produced plasma probed…
Racism is a societal problem that refers to the discrimination and mistreatment of individuals based on their race or ethnicity. New research published in Biological…
After examining two large databases of traits in spouses, researchers discovered that the tendency for individuals to mate with others who possess similar traits (known…
The biggest earthquake ever recorded on Mars has uncovered layers in its crust that could signify a previous collision with a large object, such as…
An illustration of the variations among the more than 5,000 known exoplanets discovered since the 1990s. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A new model explains the rarity of…
Scientists have found that verteporfin, a drug already approved by the FDA for eye disease, stopped the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.…
A gas station in Los Angeles. Of all 155 countries in the UCLA-led study, the U.S. has gone the longest without raising gasoline taxes: The…
A picture of a building following an earthquake. According to a study led by the University of California, Los Angeles geophysicists powerful supershear earthquakes, previously…
More than 14,000 scientists from 158 countries have signed the original report. 16 of the 35 planetary vital indicators used by the researchers to measure…
Photo of a mechanical neural network (MNN). Currently, the system is about the size of a microwave oven, but the researchers plan to simplify the…
According to new research from UCLA, the length of REM sleep is linked to animals’ body temperature, with higher body temperatures associated with lower amounts…
According to new research, brain changes in autism are comprehensive throughout the cerebral cortex rather than just particular areas thought to affect social behavior and…
Currently, they are attempting to refine the device to detect and measure THC in exhaled breath and to make it smaller so that it can be used…
The green tea molecule, known as EGCG, is known to break up tau fibers, which are lengthy, multilayered filaments that create tangles that target neurons and cause them…
Researchers report successful results from a cost-effective experimental cancer-detection system that uses cell-free DNA in blood samples. Research led by UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center…
People often misinterpret their own perceptions of people and situations as objective fact, rather than solely their own interpretation. UCLA psychologist Matthew Lieberman explains why…
HIV-infected people showed significant age acceleration in four epigenetic “clock” measurements, ranging from 1.9 to 4.8 years, an acceleration that was not seen in non-infected…
Artist’s illustration shows a white dwarf star siphoning off debris from shattered objects in a planetary system. Credit: NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) White dwarf…