science

UC researchers identify disease causes and develop cures and life-enhancing biotechnologies — but the funding that makes this possible is at risk.

Paradoxically, the strong relationship between stress level and the tendency to forget course material was most prevalent among students who are most confident in their own mathematical abilities.

UCLA research staff, investigators, university partners and study participants have a new tool called ResearchGo to guide them through the often confusing process of pursuing and maintaining research studies and clinical trials.

Studying the animals’ bones, UCLA biologists found injuries to shoulders and backs after likely attacks on large prey.

UCLA Ph.D. student Andy Tay writes about a crucial a challenge to long-distance space travel — overcoming the long-term effects of microgravity on our bodies.

The three-year effort will be funded with a grant from the Open Philanthropy Foundation.

UCLA's Congo Basin Institute led a team of UCLA and Cameroonian students into a rain forest in central Africa to reopen a field station in a jungle with a thriving ecosystem with birds, elephants and monkeys.

An international team of astronomers has observed a striking spiral pattern in the gas surrounding a red giant star called LL Pegasi and its companion star 3,400 light-years from Earth.

A “baby” solar system 300 light-years away has given astrophysicists from UCLA and the Carnegie Institution for Science a rare peek at the formation of a planet.

The researchers identified genes that they believe control hundreds of other genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, depression and several other disorders.

UCLA physics professor Joseph Rudnick recalls his father's bold experiment and result that verified a later theory that won three other physicists the 2016 Nobel Prize.

UCLA will hold three workshops on campus over the next year to assess and enhance STEM programs for undergraduates.

The Marian Group formulates theoretical models of how materials will behavior under conditions that are nearly impossible to physically replicate, such as ultrafast heating, high-dose irradiation or very fast deformation rates.

A UCLA team creates a "smart" mobile tool that may be used to diagnose and treat serious infections and diseases.

Aomawa Shields studies the climate on distant planets. But she also earned an M.F.A. from UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television and worked as an actress.

A UCLA-led team of scientists discovered a white dwarf star in the constellation Boötes whose atmosphere is rich in carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen.

UCLA biologists are exploring ways to defeat antibiotic-resistant bacteria; a mathematical formula they created can help predict which combinations of drugs will be most effective.

For UCLA biologist Daniel Blumstein celebrating the lowly marmot could shed light on global warming.

Researchers precisely measured the coordinates of more than 23,000 atoms in a technologically important material.

To counter likely cuts in federal funding for research into climate change and energy innovation, California’s government must fill the gap.

UCLA’s Jonathan Aurnou and collaborators in Marseille, France, demonstrated that the planet’s jets likely extend thousands of miles below its visible atmosphere.

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers discuss the parallels — and the sometimes unexpected intersections between the two pursuits.

UCLA-led research shows that adding nanoparticles of aluminum oxide allows for more control over manufacturing processes, which could make them more efficient and reliable.

A UCLA-led research team reports that the moon is at least 4.51 billion years old and probably formed only about 60 million years after the birth of the solar system — 40 million to 140 million years earlier than had been thought.

Almost half of the fish ordered at Los Angeles-area sushi restaurants turned out to be mislabeled, which has both environmental and public health implications.