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UCLA electrical engineers led a research team that has developed a new artificial composite material for the control of higher-frequency electromagnetic waves.

The discoveries led by UCLA researchers may lead to major insights about light perception and how circadian clocks could affect human health.

A UCLA study used 3D chromosome-mapping technology to advance understanding of disorder’s cause. The work provides important new information about how schizophrenia originates and could lead to better treatments.

In a first-of-its-kind study, UCLA-led researchers have discovered a gene variant that could be a factor in determining which women experience the symptom.

Although prostitution has been studied by various social scientists, the “world’s oldest profession” has received less attention from economists. But that’s changing.

UCLA scientists and colleagues identify the structure of a molecule that kills mosquitoes carrying malaria. The findings are a step toward genetically engineering a toxin that would be lethal to species that carry other diseases.

But a new UCLA-led study shows that people adopt these healthier habits at different rates depending on what type of test they undergo.

UCLA-led study will offer scientists insights into how cells and organs work when people are ill and healthy.

Multicolored laser light could be used to cool atoms of hydrogen or carbon to nearly absolute zero, allowing scientists to study chemical reactions at the quantum scale.

UCLA study shows that people participating in workplace fitness programs also see improved mental health.

UCLA study shows that 42 percent of girls with ADHD were diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder, compared with just 5 percent of girls without it.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz spoke with UCLA leaders and researchers in engineering and physics this morning and toured two laboratories on campus that receive support from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Gaining a better understanding the risks and benefits of antidepressant strategies in older adults could improve the quality of life of seniors.

New research suggests that our DNA holds the answer to why some people lead a perfectly healthy lifestyle and still die young.

New findings by a UCLA-led team of researchers answer a question about our space environment and will help scientists protect telecommunication and navigation satellites.

UCLA Anderson Forecast’s quarterly outlook for the national economy foresees real gross domestic product growth in the 2 percent to 2.5 percent range throughout 2017 and 2018, where it has been for the past seven years.

UCLA-led study shows that stent retrievers can provide benefits more than seven hours after onset of a stroke.

UCLA scientists help create device that makes monitoring disease biomarkers easier and more cost-effective.

The cutting-edge project that includes renowned scientists will tackle major challenges in the physical sciences, life sciences and engineering.

New website tracks incarceration by neighborhood where the inmate lives and totals how much is spent by community.

The discovery by UCLA researchers may help scientists develop effective therapies to prevent or reverse this common and often fatal disease.

Think “scientific research” and one may imagine doctors, Ph.D.s or technicians toiling away in the lab. But many people don’t realize that nurses do research as well.

The team, led by a UCLA researcher, used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to gather data on Comet 332P as it broke apart 67 million miles from Earth.

UCLA-led researchers recommend development of new medications and new guidelines for treatment with different types and combinations of antibiotics.

The laboratory-grown tissue can be used to study diseases including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, which has traditionally been difficult to study using conventional methods.