Research

1 in 4 stroke victims experiences PTSD, study finds

2013-06-19 15:13:00

Post-traumatic stress disorder, known as PTSD, is not just a problem for military veterans, sexual assault survivors and other crime victims �— it also plagues many stroke victims, according to new research. The study, published online Wednesday...

‘Primates’ graphic novel explores work of Goodall, Fossey, Galdikas

2013-06-18 14:52:09

Arts and culture was fastest-growing philanthropic cause in 2012

2013-06-18 06:00:00

In terms of donations, arts and culture was Americans’ fastest-growing charitable cause in 2012, rising an estimated 7.8% to $14.44 billion, according to a leading annual research report on charitable giving. Donations to education rose second-...

Cheetah cub: Headless running robot cat could aid in rescue research

2013-06-17 15:10:00

Here’s a cat that will do more whirring than purring: a robotic cheetah cub designed to trot at the fastest clip of any legged machine in its class. The mechanical running feline, described in the International Journal of Robotics Research, could...

Steven T. Seagle, Teddy Kristiansen graphic novel probes 'Genius'

2013-06-18 15:07:00

Near the end of Steven T. Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen’s haunting graphic novel “Genius” (First Second: 126 pp., $17.99 paper), the main character, a physicist named Ted, has an epiphany of a kind. Ted was once a prodigy, a kid so...

Schools with fewer needy students decry California funding change

2013-06-17 04:30:00

Ah Ram Kim is a 17-year-old high school student learning to read English at a first-grade level with the book "The Little Red Hen." Newly arrived from South Korea, she is one of 170 students, who are from Mexico, Vietnam, Egypt, Japan, Pakistan, Sri...

Even babies prefer the underdog, psychologists say

2013-06-12 14:44:00

The human brain may be wired to sympathize with the underdog. Even if the underdog is a yellow square being chased by a blue circle, and the brain has been checking out the outside world for only 10 months. A Japanese research team found that 16 of 20...

Wim de Wit to step down at Getty Research Institute

2013-06-12 06:00:00

After 20 years at the Getty Research Institute, Wim de Wit, the head of the architecture and contemporary art offerings there and co-curator of the current Pacific Standard Time Presents initiative on modern architecture in Los Angeles, is leaving the...

Carmakers quibble over the obvious: Hands-free is not risk-free

2013-06-14 00:00:00

It's always amazing that we need academic studies to state the obvious, such as the one in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology a few years ago finding that people are happier during weekends. No less amazing, though, is the knee-jerk...

Video game consoles are playing a big role at E3

2013-06-11 00:00:00

It has the hallmarks of a colossal clash between two gaming titans. Microsoft Corp. and Sony Computer Entertainment separately unveiled details about their new game consoles Monday, ahead of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the big video-game industry...

U.S. proposes new protections for captive chimps

2013-06-12 00:11:00

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday proposed extending tough new protections for chimpanzees in captivity, a shift that would place strict limits on primates' role as human surrogates in biomedical research. In reclassifying chimps as...

Gritty wharf at Port of L.A. will become marine research center

2013-06-09 16:48:00

On a recent weekday morning, Daniel Pondella strode along a century-old stretch of concrete pylons and shabby warehouses in San Pedro. As kelp swayed in the waves and terns circled overheard, Pondella recalled an elementary school field trip he took...

Italia Falcon, 13, left, Leo Pilar, 13, and Richard Ortega, 13, hang no idling signs outside James Hedges Elementary in the 4700 block of South Winchester Avenue in Chicago as part of the Student Media Based Asthma Research Team (SMART) project.

2013-06-17 00:00:00

Bethany Black, WBA Research market research manager, Stephanie Collins, WBA Research market research associate, and Megan Miller, PricewaterhouseCoopers senior tax accountant, joined Lindsay Hopkins, who's starting a new job with Sterling Partners next week.

2013-06-17 00:00:00

A ship is stranded in Kesennuma, Japan, after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A European research team, using data from GPS stations that recorded the earthquake, demonstrated that a GPS system can produce an accurate and timely warning.

2013-05-17 16:10:01