UCLA students in atmospheric sciences are testing their classroom skills in a 26-week national weather forecasting competition that began this past Monday. The National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest involves over 700 students and faculty from more than 30 universities across the country, according to UCLA’s staff meteorologist James Murakami, a member and advisor on the team. Read more...

The Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics Focus Center may have a large name, but what the researchers involved with FENA will be dealing with is pretty small. Read more...

The “golden years” just got brighter for aging Americans with the University of California’s creation of six endowed chairs in geriatric medicine, the study of medical care for senior patients. Read more...

Research center marks first anniversary The Center for Embedded Networked Sensing will host a public review of its current research to mark one year since its establishment. Read more...

It is usually hard to get anything useful done in waiting rooms, but a new student-run information center at the UCLA Children’s Health Center is providing parents with an opportunity to learn about child and family health issues while they wait. Read more...

UCLA scientists have found a way to not only pinpoint dormant instances of human immunodeficiency virus hiding in the body, but to destroy them, according to a study published earlier this month. Read more...

Tai Chi proven to reduce risk of shingles in elderly A recent study conducted by the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute has revealed that the practice of Tai Chi can significantly reduce the chances of older adults contracting shingles. Read more...