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The photographs in capture a cultural movement that has been inspired by Jazz-era America and Europe to both South African dance styles and American hip-hop.

UCLA researchers have discovered a previously unrecognized type of progenitor cell that is found in uncommonly high numbers in inflamed areas of the gland.

When Donald Trump was elected, UCLA Anderson economists revised their prognostications for the nation, state and Los Angeles.

A new component of the successful Optimists brand campaign, the conversations will focus on newsworthy and culturally significant topics, including sports concussions, gratitude and mentorship.

UCLA’s Dr. Daniel Geschwind said the findings could point the way to the development of drugs that reverse the specific type of gene activity patterns in the brains of people with the disorder.

The findings could one day lead to improved therapies for people undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment for cancer.

An multidisciplinary team designed an algorithm that could discern structured narratives within the flow of posts on the internet reflecting how humans communicate.

The study is released as the United Nations marks the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The project supports interdisciplinary teams in their work to identify and test approaches for curing people infected with HIV who have established latent reservoirs of the virus.

The new observations confirm a long-standing theory that stars are copious producers of heavy elements.

The University of California will vigorously protect the privacy and civil rights of undocumented members of the UC community and will direct its police departments not to undertake joint efforts with any government agencies to enforce federal immigration law.

The headdresses that will be on display reflect the blending of cultural influences and peoples in the port city of Freetown during the 1970s.

UCLA’s Bonnie Zima and colleagues found that the number of pediatric hospitalizations that included a psychiatric diagnosis rose 138 percent between 2005 and 2014.

New research shows that a collapse of an ice sheet 14,000 years ago in what is now western Canada triggered a reorganization of the jet stream in a century — a geological blink of an eye.

Mitochondrial DNA discoveries by a team of UCLA and Caltech scientists may help to prevent or delay the onset of age-related diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

Conservatives appear to imagine Syrian refugees as smaller because they believe forceful military action against terrorism will prevail.

A special edition of the International Journal for Equity in Health, guest edited by UCLA professor James Macinko, analyzes the nation’s progress in reducing a large gap in access to care.

Among the strategies that people use to cope with the disorder are avoiding stressful situations, staying away from alcohol and drugs, and trying to interact with people who are supportive and non-judgmental.

UCLA and Caltech researchers created jagged platinum nanowires that would require only 1/50 as much platinum as used in current smooth-shaped wires.

UCLA scientists have found that calcification of heart muscle tissue is caused when a type of cell called cardiac fibroblasts go awry.

UCLA researchers and their colleagues say changes in brain cells could be key to understanding, treating the disease.

UCLA study showed positive results for palbociclib when used in combination with letrozole and without the side effects of traditional chemotherapy.

The development of DZ-2384 by UCLA chemists led to an international research collaboration which found that the molecule appears to help fight several types of cancer.

In a national poll by UCLA and Prevention, 92 percent of respondents said they would keep their current health care plans unless premium prices increased significantly.

Research co-authored by UCLA professor Mark Kaplan attempted to explain how different aspects of an economic downturn affect suicide rates and alcohol-related suicides in particular.