Year: 2013
Study by UCSB Anthropologists Suggests ‘Universal’ Personality Traits May Not Be Universal After All
For decades, consensus among psychologists has held that a group of five personality traits –– or slight variations of…
Verbal Aggression: You May Have Picked It Up In the Womb, Says New Study
Research on the communication trait of verbal aggressiveness, which includes behavior like name calling, ridicule, insults, racial epithets and…
New tool to help brain surgeons one step closer to operating room
Purdue graduate student Livia Eberlin uses DESI technology to analyze a sample. A team led by R.…
Surgeons may use hand gestures to manipulate MRI images in OR
Doctors may soon be using a system in the operating room that recognizes hand gestures as commands to tell…
Genes and obesity: Fast food isn’t only culprit in expanding waistlines — DNA is also to blame
Researchers at UCLA say it's not just what you eat that makes those pants tighter — it's also genetics.…
Pesticides and Parkinson’s: UCLA researchers uncover further proof of a link
For several years, neurologists at UCLA have been building a case that a link exists between pesticides and Parkinson's…
Nanoparticles reach new peaks
Different types of nanoparticles – in this case, shells, rods and solid spheres – mixed together can…
Jellyfish Experts Show Increased Blooms Are a Consequence of Periodic Global Oscillations
Fried egg jellyfish from Alicante, Spain, forms blooms along the Mediterranean coastline. (Credit: Meaghan Schrandt) …