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Spears Released from UCLA hospital Posted: 7 months ago by DemureArt
Pop singer Britney Spears was released from a psychiatric ward at the UCLA Medical Center today after nearly a week of treatment.
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Enjoy candy without the cavities thanks to a UCLA professor of dentistry Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
What Willy Wonka did for chocolate, UCLA microbiologist Wenyuan Shi is doing for lollipops. Shi and his lab team at the School of Dentistry have managed to make candy that's actually good for your teeth. The orange-flavored, sugar-free lollipop they devised is infused with a natural ingredient found in licorice that kills the primary bacterium causing tooth decay, Streptococcus mutans.
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UCLA and JPL Form Partnership Posted: 2 years ago by tlovesd
UCLA and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have formed a research institute to better understand and predict regional environmental and climate change and support future space missions.
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UCLA Scientists Design New Super-Hard Material Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
UCLA scientists are now reporting a promising new approach to designing super-hard materials, which are very difficult to scratch or crack.
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Triple amputee graduates from UCLA Posted: 1 year ago by kxmk
A woman who lost both legs and an arm as a child is poised to become a doctor for children.
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UCLA researchers show that culture influences brain cells Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Brain's mirror neurons swayed by ethnicity and culture.
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UCLA-Dutch team uncovers Egypt's earliest agricultural settlement Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
Archaeologists from UCLA and the University of Groningen (RUG) in the Netherlands have found the earliest evidence ever discovered of an ancient Egyptian agricultural settlement, including farmed grains, remains of domesticated animals, pits for cooking and even floors for what appear to be dwellings.
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Researchers Find Cell Protein That Nips HIV In The Bud Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
UCLA researchers have found that a key protein in the body's dendritic cells can stop the virus that causes AIDS from "budding" part of the virus' life cycle that is crucial to its ability to replicate and infect other cells.
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Scerri vs Preacher (video taken down) Posted: 2 years ago by shredtone
UCLA Professor combats fundamentalist Christian preacher. Classic quote: "Denies logic? When did I deny logic?... I teach logic, mother*ucker!
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Bruins picked to win second straight Pac-10 title Posted: 2 years ago by Phildo
Bruins coach Ben Howland isn't sure that's a good thing... "I think you're going to see a really competitive league from top to bottom," said 72-year-old Lute Olson, beginning his 24th season as the coach at Arizona. "The team with the obvious edge is UCLA."
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Researchers Unlock Key To Memory Storage In Brain Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists know little about how the brain assigns cells to participate in encoding and storing memories. Now a UCLA/University of Toronto team has discovered that a protein called CREB controls the odds of a neuron playing a role in memory formation.
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The Day the Infant Internet Uttered its First Words Posted: 10 months ago by Proverb
38 years ago today the first message was sent over the internet. Wow... and now look what it's become.
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Ejaculation at the speed of light? Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Ever wonder what happens if you are having sex at the speed of light? Perhaps you are interested in Wormhole-assisted masturbation? Maybe you or your lover has a penis so small you can't see it?
To learn answers to these questions and others click above.
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Four Japanese crime bosses got liver transplants at UCLA Posted: 3 months ago by teresag
The same surgeon, an internationally known liver transplant expert, performed the procedures on four Japanese "yakuza" organized crime lords. The most prominent transplant recipient, Tadamasa Goto, had been barred from entering the U.S. because of his criminal history until the FBI helped him obtain a visa to receive the transplant.
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Scientists Restore Walking In Mice After Spinal Cord Injury Posted: 8 months ago by 2manyusernames
For the first time, a UCLA study shows that the central nervous system can reorganize itself and follow new pathways to restore the cellular communication required for movement after spinal cord injury.
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Backlash Hits JuicyCampus.com Posted: 6 months ago by tchengrox
JuicyCampus' endless threads of anonymous innuendo have been a popular Web destination on the seven college campuses where the site launched last fall, including Duke, UCLA and Loyola Marymount. It recently expanded to 50 more, and many of the postings show they've been viewed hundreds and even thousands of times.
But JuicyCampus has proved so poisonous there are signs of a backlash.
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Study tracks sexual behavior of newly homeless youth Posted: 8 months ago by muppet
Newly homeless youth are likelier to engage in risky sexual behavior if they stay in non-family settings — such as friends' homes, abandoned buildings or the streets — because they lack supervision and social support, a new UCLA AIDS Institute study has found.
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Jack McClellan arrested near UCLA child care facility; had a digital camera on him Posted: 1 year ago by Moe
This asshat was picked up today for violating his restraining order. He was released (boo!) and given an appearance date in court. Hopefully he will get a nice, soft, cushy judge...NOT!!
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Stem Cell Researchers Create Heart And Blood Cells From Reprogrammed Skin Cells Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
Stem cell researchers at UCLA were able to grow functioning cardiac cells using mouse skin cells that had been reprogrammed into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells.
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Princess image for girls debated Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
The Cinderella phenomenon has been around for decades and UCLA child psychologist Dr. Mark DeAntonio said he thinks it's healthy. But some mothers are worried their daughters' self-esteem may be hurt by the plethora of princess products in stores.
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