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A UCLA-led research team has discovered a molecular switch that determines whether tiny blood vessels in premature infants’ lungs can regenerate after injury.

The year that was, while a year of marked by uncertainty and tragedy, was also a year filled with tremendous accomplishments by our faculty, students, alumni and staff, but it was also

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

Read about the dedication of faculty, staff, students and alumni to service, collaboration, connection and kindness.

Check out 13 of the year's most unusual discoveries, which prove groundbreaking science doesn’t always look serious at first glance.

The collaboration will accelerate clinical trial readiness and implementation for people with autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions.

UCLA study finds gut microbes are evolving differently in industrialized and non-industrialized parts of the world.

Supportive school settings produced fewer positive effects and deepened targeted students’ isolation, new research shows.

He studies how physical, social-organizational and cultural contexts in schools relate to different kinds of bullying and school violence.

The pioneering genetic scientist, whose research transformed plant molecular biology and whose teaching enriched the lives of generations of UCLA students, died Nov. 21.

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

UCLA’s Eric Deeds on how unstable federal funding jeopardizes both discovery and the everyday lives it protects.

The revolutionary achievement could lead to smaller, more efficient nuclear clocks.

The study is the first large-scale clinical trial to show that a new oral endocrine therapy outperforms the long-standing standard therapies used for early-stage HR-positive/HER2-negative breast cancer.

A new UCLA report surveying more than 600 high school principals details the broad impact of immigration enforcement in educational settings.

California Health Interview Survey data show many lack the therapeutic, legal or workplace support they desired.

International Education Week facilitated collaboration on ideas to encourage continued global collaboration.

Novel research reveals that supportive relationships influence weight through oxytocin pathways linking brain, gut microbiome and eating behaviors.

The UCLA study quantifies the benefits of federal programs that fund contraception for low-income Americans.

UCLA’s Osvaldo Gutierrez is working to make sure everyone has access to game-changing drugs.

Shorter courses of androgen deprivation therapy could reduce risks while still effectively controlling cancer.

Professor Theresa Ambo discusses the history of UCLA’s location and her work advancing community-centered relationships with Native Nations.

The new grant will fund the enrollment of 10 additional patients in the trial and support research into the science behind immune tolerance.

Bruin Wilson Sherman is blending ecology, social science and social media data to prepare Southern California communities for a wilder future.

Peer-reviewed studies detail use of techniques to better track the spread of disease and highlight UCLA Fielding’s work on public health methodology.