For most of our species’ history, humans have lived in relatively small subsistence communities, often called small-scale societies.
UCLA-led study could help officials tailor health and safety policies to appeal to populations with a variety of social views.
Researchers studying social networks and inter-personal sentiments in bounded or small-scale communities face a trade-off between the use of roster-based and free-recall/name-generator-based survey tools.
Along the genome, proteins form liquid-like droplets that appear to boost the expression of particular genes.
The rate of overdose deaths among people age 65 and older quadrupled over the 20-year period starting in 2002, according to a new study co-authored by UCLA Health’s Chelsea Shover.
Material culture—that is, group-shared and socially learned object-related behaviour(s)—is a widespread and diverse phenomenon in humans.
UCLA-developed technology could provide platform to fight other allergies, autoimmune disorders
Simultaneous measurement of neural rhythms and spikes across five brain areas reveals how propofol induces unconsciousness.
With just 50 lines of code, the program spots and fixes likely errors.
Regardless of size, all black holes experience similar accretion cycles, a new study finds.
Many school pupils are in daily contact with bullying – as victims, bullies or witnesses.
New results point to unexpected, illegal production of several CFCs in recent years.
New research could enable better healthcare for patients with benign tumours of the adrenal glands.
Work on three graphene-based devices may yield new insights into superconductivity.
UCLA-led study predicts that an equitable ‘greening’ plan could add up to a million years in collective life expectancy
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the abnormal accumulation and spread of the tau protein in the brain.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed an algorithm that combines data from a simple blood test and brief memory tests, to predict with great accuracy who will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future. The findings are published in Nature Medicine.
Great tits living in cities are genetically different from great tits in the countryside.
In a new study from Lund University and the University of Gothenburg, patients were interviewed about their experiences ten years after undergoing obesity surgery.
Machine learning software advances could help anesthesiologists optimize drug dose.