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The new technique for breaking carbon–hydrogen bonds and making carbon–carbon bonds uses catalysts made of silicon and boron, which are abundant and inexpensive.

Test developed by UCLA researchers would help physicians determine which people may be more treatable with an antibiotic that has not been recommended since 2007.

Data collected in the Congo by UCLA scientists and others will help empower global initiatives to protect the planet.

Scientists from UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco sequenced the genome of a tiny, single-celled green alga.

The 83-year-old’s work destroying household objects and creating sculpture from the detritus created sharp commentaries on global conflict, consumerism and nuclear war.

UCLA researchers found that women and men exhibit different changes in their brain’s reward centers, which suggests different reasons for overeating.

Study raises questions about water management and supply in an area that produces more than half of fruit, vegetable and nut crops in the United States.

Anderson and her late husband, John, provided the UCLA Anderson School of Management with transformational gifts that positioned the school as a global leader in management education.

Researchers from UCLA and Norway suggest possible causes and better treatments for the autoimmune disease that affects the body’s connective tissue.

Entertainment executive and philanthropist David Geffen joined UCLA leaders on May 11 to dedicate Geffen Hall, the new home of UCLA’s medical school.

The finding represents one of the clearest examples to date of the phenomenon — stretches of DNA that exist for no reason other than promoting their own inheritance — at the molecular level.

Three-day event will explore compositional responses by contemporary composers, including university faculty and students, to canonic works.

A biologically friendly supercapacitor invented by UCLA and University of Connecticut researchers charges using electrolytes from biological fluids like blood serum and urine.

UCLA study shows that slow-moving meditation practice works just as well as talk therapy, and better than medication.

Findings of the study by the UCLA School of Nursing suggest that related diseases may need diagnoses and treatment tailored to gender.

The findings lay the groundwork for developing new and improved combination therapies for patients who resistant to stand-alone immunotherapy.

The study, which looked at 107 mother-infant pairs, is the largest to date showing the transfer of bacteria in the milk into the baby’s gut.

UCLA researchers gained insight into the connections among childhood trauma, brain development and the composition of the gut microbiome.

Report by UCLA researchers finds that community choice aggregators provide a competitive alternative for electricity consumers.

A diverse array of artists, dancers, writers and musicians from around the world will showcase their talents on campus and new this year also in downtown Los Angeles.

In bright light, mammals rapidly recycle spent pigments via a process that ensures photoreceptors retain levels of light-sensitive pigments sufficient for uninterrupted sight.

Dr. Richard Finn led the clinical studies that led to the approval of regorafenib, which is used to treat hepatocellular carcinoma.

The funds will support the researchers’ efforts to develop a process for capturing carbon dioxide and converting it into a material that can be used in building and construction.

In a new Forbes ranking UCLA outperformed 298 other private and public institutions.

UCLA researchers discover specific changes in placentas of growth-restricted infants.