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The ‘nomogram’ opens the door to improved personalized treatments, a UCLA-led study shows.

The new database will help researchers, conservationists and fisheries understand changes to marine species and ecosystems.

Researchers stress that e-cigarettes are not a healthier alternative to smoking for expectant mothers.

A new UCLA study explores the relationship between innate dispositions toward threats, the social environment and responses to COVID-19.

At some of the state’s public schools, nearly 1 in 5 students say they have either carried a weapon or been injured or threatened with one.

Research brief: Mouse astrocytes, often used in research on human neurological disorders, differ in significant ways from the human version.

By better understanding the dynamics of a key immune signaling molecule, scientists may be able to ‘hack’ the immune system to strengthen it.

UCLA researchers found that previously infected people produced a vigorous antibody response similar to a severe natural infection after just one shot.

A UCLA Center for Health Policy Research brief notes that a looming shortage of dentists in the state could exacerbate the problem.

Atmospheric moisture decreased by a third in California and Nevada, study finds.

Award recipients’ projects are published on eScholarship, UC’s open-access research repository.

For the first time there was a showcase dedicated to community-engaged research.

The trend “could cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars,” said report co-author Kassandra Hernández.

A UCLA clinical trial provides evidence that the prescription drug varenicline can aid those who want to quit smoking and reduce their drinking.

UCLA researchers discover that MAOIs could activate immune system to shrink various types of tumors.

Scientists confirm that electrons responsible for the northern lights hitch a ride on electromagnetic waves streaming toward Earth at up to 45 million mph.

As the pandemic set in, the students pivoted their research focus from food security in Los Angeles to their fellow UCLA students.

A UCLA-led study found that voluntary legal agreements protect at-risk species more efficiently than public lands.

The work was part of a legal clinic in the UCLA School of Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

The impact of California’s comparatively stringent pandemic mitigation measures will be key to the state’s economic growth.

UCLA engineers lay the groundwork for machines with astounding abilities.

Investigators will explore the experiences of people dealing with the disease without hospitalization.

Research brief: The study is based on near-real-time data from U.S. emergency medical service calls.

Microplastics could be present in greater-than-expected concentrations in crops around the world.

A better understanding of specific communities’ death rates could help officials better allocate resources.