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The five-year award will support work to identify the “missing pieces of the puzzle” behind the disorder.

The protein, NOTCH1, was known to be a key player in the development of blood vessels in embryos, but researchers weren’t sure whether it was also critical to adults’ health.

The new technique sheds light on the materials the artist used, and the order in which they were applied to the painting. It also helped scientists uncover insights about the painting’s connections to other work from the same era.

The study sheds light on the relationship of theta oscillations to human learning and exploration — and it could help inform future research on therapies for patients with memory disorders like Alzheimer’s disease.

Ten years after it was introduced, vaccination rates among U.S. adolescents remain low. Research led by Roshan Bastani will examine strategies for getting more adolescents to receive the vaccine.

Researchers say the money bail system demands tens of millions of dollars a year in cash and assets from some of the area's most economically vulnerable people and communities.

UCLA will continue to monitor the Skirball Fire situation.

As electronic devices have become smaller, using silicon components to power them has become more challenging; a team of faculty and students has developed a promising solution.

For the nation, the near-term outlook is optimistic, thanks to strong equipment spending, a potential tax cut and an uptick in consumer spending.

In recognition of a life filled with accolades and dedicated to mentoring future leaders, he was awarded UCLA’s highest honor.

“By addressing health disparities and promoting health equity... she has raised the public profile of health care access as a true social justice issue,” said UCLA Chancellor Gene Block.

47 million Americans already demonstrate some evidence of susceptibility to the disease.

The UCLA campus experienced a loss of power from LADWP and relied on self-generating capacity to sustain limited operations.

A UCLA-led study finds that negative health effects are a powerful force to reduce consumption.

Scientists using a state-of-the-art UCLA instrument have witnessed a planetary-scale “tug-of-war” of life, deep Earth and the upper atmosphere that is expressed in atmospheric nitrogen.

UCLA is aware of the fire in Sepulveda Pass and is closely monitoring the situation. Follow UCLA Newsroom here and on Twitter for updates.  

Researchers and scientists on list are those whose studies were among the top 1 percent most referenced in their field.

The noninvasive test yields information that allows scientists to predict and prevent complications later in pregnancy before symptoms or other exams are performed.

UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation's Southern California Plug-In Electric Vehicle Readiness Atlas provides a wealth of information to assist decision-makers in meeting consumer demand.

A new UCLA-led study reinforces the importance of collaboration in assessing the effects of climate change.

The findings indicate for the first time that sex chromosomes — not only sex hormones — may explain why women, who typically do not have a Y chromosome, are more susceptible to the disease than men.

Encouraging patients to help write and add notes to their personal medical charts—a task typically handled only by medical professionals—may help patients feel more involved with their own care and improve relationships with their doctors.

Use of certain words is a better indicator of stress levels than a person's description of their state of mind, researchers find.

“Dining with Kings: Ceremony and Hospitality in the Cameroon Grassfields” runs from Dec. 17 through April 15, 2018.

The finding could eventually be used to help address human diseases associated with an imbalanced regulation of mitochondria size – for example, Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.