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A new research institute at UCLA may eventually provide doctors with tools to more accurately tailor therapies to patients, which would improve care and minimize side effects.

Eugene Volokh says that two relevant legal precedents undermine Sony’s demand that media cease distributing leaked information.

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Researchers from UCLA have developed the first lightweight, compact device that converts an ordinary smartphone into an advanced fluorescence microscope.

New UCLA research indicates that use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter along with behavioral psychology can boost HIV testing rates, suggesting a valuable tool in the fight against the virus that causes AIDS.

On Jan. 25, the Fowler Museum at UCLA will open its doors to children and birds alike with its event “Kids in the Courtyard: Purdy Birdy.”

Two UCLA faculty members Michael E. Jung, a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Asad Madni, a distinguished adjunct professor of electrical engineering, have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

UCLA’s Bill Parent, director of the Center for Civil Society at the Luskin School of Public Affairs, writes that L.A.-area residents’ stinginess jeopardizes society’s safety net, which depends significantly on private donations.

UCLA Anderson Associate Professor of Management and Organizations Jenessa Shapiro  is one of five early-career academics to be recognized by the Foundation for Personality and Social Psychology with the SAGE Young Scholars Award.

A new Metro bus line will use the new I-405 carpool lanes and could result in faster commutes to and from UCLA.

UCLA’s Edward Garon, the study’s principal investigator, says the drug offers new hope for people with lung cancer who often have few treatment options.

Biologists with the UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science recently went on a rescue mission to save endangered turtles that have become dehydrated, emaciated and stressed-out by the extended drought.

Unlike current surgical methods, the technique is minimally invasive with few side effects and does not require chemotherapy or radiation.

Daniel Blumstein, professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, will do a talk at Nerd Night L.A. on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 7:45 p.m. at The Mint, 6010 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles.

Logan Nobriga, a 10-year-old-boy who is battling cancer, was honored at a Bruins’ basketball game as the first “Kid Captain” selected by Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA and the UCLA Men’s Basketball team.

The UCLA Film and Television Archive will be closing out its series, “Through Indian Eyes: Native American Cinema,” with the screening of “California Indian” on Monday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum.

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In results characterized as “very surprising,” UCLA researchers found for the first time that higher-earning clinicians make more money by ordering more procedures and services per patient rather than by seeing more patients, which may not be in patients’ best interest.

Study finds that putting opponents of gay marriage in contact with people who can explain the issue’s personal importance can have dramatic results.

Climate model simulations of the 21st century show little change in total precipitation, but more rain instead of snow, posing flooding risk and shortening chance to capture water.

Kathryn Kietzman, project director of the “Helping Older-Adults Maintain IndependencE” (HOME) Study, has been appointed to a four-year term on the Santa Monica Commission for the Senior Community. HOME, which is based at the UCLA Center for Health Research.

Terrence Roberts, who earned an M.A. degree from UCLA and served as assistant dean of the then-School of Social Welfare, returned to campus to talk about his historic role in integrating a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas and the current protests over the deaths of African Americans at the hands of police.

A new report evaluating research-based programs designed to enhance the mental health and resilience of military families, has found that they help veterans and their families cope with the effects of wartime service.

Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA and the UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute have received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

Wharton Research Data Services, one of the world’s leading data research institutions, has awarded the Wharton-WRDS Best Paper Award in Empirical Research to two UCLA Anderson professors, Daniel Andrei and Bruce Carlin.