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Across medicine, environmental studies, public policy, the social sciences and beyond, UCLA scholars in 2025 continued turning discovery into real-world impact.

From preserving memory and generating clean water to revolutionizing modern communications, UCLA researchers have transformed nearly every aspect of modern life.

The study offers rare evidence linking intergroup lethal conflict to reproductive benefits.

The study calls for inclusion of unseen but real health risks in understanding the effects of disasters.

High-level COP30 events will gather leaders for policy meetings on finance, preservation and the ‘new forest economy.’

UCLA experts can provide commentary about COP30 in Brazil and what the U.S. withdrawal means for other countries’ pledges.

A UCLA-led research team has reconstructed how the shape and reach of the methane plumes from the 2015–16 Aliso Canyon gas blowout evolved over 112 days.

Fast fashion degrades land and people. In Indonesia, Riadini-Flesch is proving it can also heal soil, cut carbon and empower women.

Inhalers have generated over 2 million metric tons of carbon emissions annually over the past decade.

The UCLA professor draws a line from the Hurricane Katrina disaster to the nationwide struggle for healthy housing.

UCLA study suggests the increase can be attributed to the disaster.

A new UCLA Atlas reveals fragmented water governance has unequal impacts on affordability, quality and resilience.

Beachgoers may see the dye tracer experiment Sept. 15, 22–24 and 30, weather permitting.

An analysis of air quality data sources and a study of tiny airborne particles aim to help people make safer choices during fires.

UCLA Fielding School’s Kirsten Schwarz co-leads a study to analyze, redesign and cool school landscapes.

Global warming has advanced wildfire season from one to almost seven weeks earlier, a new UCLA study shows.

Latino Policy and Politics Institute program helped turn data into community-driven action plans.

The nonprofit-funded project provides real-time information to residents about air quality and safety as reconstruction progresses.

ShadeLA aims to expand urban tree canopy and shade infrastructure, building heat resilience for Angelenos.

A new approach uses low-cost, scalable, transparent and infrared-reflective surfaces and hydronic panels.

UCLA experts can provide commentary on the importance of robust emergency plans for climate-driven disasters, climate change's role in increasing flash flood events and the importance of a well-funded National Weather Service.

The longest and rarest heat waves — which can last for weeks — show the greatest increase in frequency.

The study was conducted across Los Angeles County.

Newsroom is taking a look back at the people, places and recovery efforts in the months following the fires.

More than 40 scholars contributed their expertise to the effort, which issued its final recommendations today.