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The advance could be especially important because a fast, accurate diagnosis could help ensure a better recovery.

Astronaut and alumna Anna Lee Fisher will receive UCLA’s first Science and Education Pioneer award at Young Hall at 2 p.m.

The schedule includes performances of “Spring Awakening,” “The Glass Menagerie” and the West Coast premiere of “Steel Pier.”

The Lakers legend and former Bruin will serve as celebrity ambassador for the annual Light the Night Walk.

A new report by UCLA’s WORLD Policy Analysis Center examines all 193 countries that are members of the United Nations.

The unique, high-tech ambulance can deliver time-critical treatment in the field to stroke patients who might otherwise face debilitating delays.

UCLA is third among American public universities, according to the 2018 Best Global Universities rankings.

Some of UCLA’s most-accomplished faculty and alumni are attending the magazine’s weeklong event, which attracts business, technology, design and entertainment notables.

UCLA researchers identified where and how to electrically stimulate the human brain in order to strengthen people’s recall.

Among the highlights are a $50 million gift from Mattel, Inc. to the children’s hospital — the largest corporate gift in UCLA history — and the most gifts ever from young alumni.

In a clinical trial, a UCLA-led team used a biomaterial embedded with tiny gems to help tissue heal after the procedure.

Award-winning comedy television writers with degrees in mathematics and science discuss “The Calculus of Comedy: Math in The Simpsons, Futurama, and The Big Bang Theory” on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017.

A UCLA Nursing study found that combining education and entertainment helped encourage patients to seek therapy.

To understand how weather patterns behaved centuries ago, the researchers examined the rings of trees such as limber pines and bristlecone pines, the oldest living organisms on Earth.

Elaine Hsiao, assistant professor of integrative biology and physiology, and Hosea Nelson, UCLA assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, are among 18 winners.

The grants totaling more than $10 million highlight innovative biomedical research projects.

The grant “will allow UCLA to continue our decade-long preeminence in groundbreaking autism research,” said Dr. Daniel Geschwind, director of the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment.

The researchers found that mouse models that lacked the protein IDOL performed poorly in behavioral tests of spatial memory and fear-based conditioning.

Titan’s liquid methane rain appears to play a major role in shaping its icy surface, and the downpours are much more common than researchers expected.

The grant will enable scholars to pursue new research, develop state-of-the-art digital resources and forge international collaborations.

The UCLA Health program provides surgical and medical treatment, and psychological health support for post-9/11-era service members, veterans and their families.

The discovery in the amygdala provides insights into how the organ regulates emotions and social behavior.

Highlights include several world premieres of new work, symposia, and programs celebrating works by American and British composers.

UCLA researchers predicted what the timing of snow and rainwater runoff in the Sierra Nevada could look like by the end of the 21st century.

Using the organoids they created, researchers were able to identify drugs that could prevent the virus’s damaging effects.