Imperial Valley News Center
Necklace and smartphone app can help people track food intake
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- Written by Bill Kisliuk
Los Angeles, California - A sophisticated necklace developed by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science can monitor food and drink intake, which could help wearers track and improve their dietary habits.
UCLA Anderson Forecast: Continued growth nationally while California remains on even keel
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- Written by Elise Anderson
Los Angeles, California - UCLA Anderson Forecast’s first quarterly report for 2015 for the United States economy says that the nation “looks like an island of stability in a very volatile world.”
UCLA study shows feasibility of blood-based test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease
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- Written by Mark Wheeler
Los Angeles, California - UCLA researchers have provided the first evidence that a simple blood test could be developed to confirm the presence of beta amyloid proteins in the brain, which is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease.
Scientists shrink ants to study mechanisms that control DNA expression
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- Written by Bjorn Carey
Stanford, California - In the pages of Marvel comic books, Ant-Man manipulates fictional subatomic particles in order to shrink and fight crime as one of Earth's mightiest heroes.
Mystery of the dancing droplets solved
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- Written by Tom Abate
Stanford, California - A puzzling observation, pursued through hundreds of experiments, has led Stanford researchers to a simple yet profound discovery: Under certain circumstances, droplets of fluid will move like performers in a dance choreographed by molecular physics.
Study shows benefits of migration within developing countries despite challenges to informal social safety net
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- Written by Clifton B. Parker
Stanford, California - Migrating within one's own country for a job is largely beneficial for members of poor rural households in developing countries, but it poses a challenge to informal "social safety nets" in those villages, according to new Stanford research.
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