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The paper was published by UCLA Law’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School and the Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU School of Law.

Among the topics discussed at the inaugural UCLA-Tata Global Forum in New Delhi were sustainable megacities, the integration of solar power into smart energy grids and sustainable biological fuels.

People who become targets of discrimination can suffer effects ranging from low self-esteem to a higher risk for developing stress-related disorders such as anxiety and depression.

The research is a significant step forward in the use of human embryonic stem cells for heart regeneration.

These changes could potentially lead to various developmental disorders and other health risks.

The UCLA Vanpool Program is one of the largest employer-based vanpool programs in California.

The plan is a key step in UCLA’s Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, which aims to move the county to 100 percent renewable energy, 100 percent local water and enhanced ecosystem health by 2050.

The approach focuses on a protein called p53, which is commonly mutated in women who have high-grade serous ovarian cancer.

Data may still underestimate the nation’s homicide rate, researchers say.

To create the super-strong but lightweight metal, scientists found a new way to disperse and stabilize nanoparticles in molten metals.

UCLA’s Dr. Steven Dubinett said the vision of philanthropists like Linda and Michael Keston “lays the groundwork for breakthroughs.”

Researchers led by UCLA’s Dr. Edward Garon compared pembrolizumab to the chemotherapy drug docetaxel in a clinical trial involving more than 1,000 people.

The designation means that people with the disease will have greater access to the drug without first having to receive other treatments.

UCLA Newsroom revisits some of our favorite news items from the year. Publishing resumes on Jan. 4.

Terahertz waves can be used to analyze plastics, clothing, semiconductors and works of art without damaging them and to investigate the formation of stars, among other applications.

Families OverComing Under Stress, or FOCUS, was able to reduce the most problematic psychological and emotional symptoms of men and women in the military, their spouses and their children for half of its participants.

Discovery could aid in the creation of vaccines and drug treatments for bluetongue disease.

Global climate models vary in how much they show rain and other precipitation changing due to climate change. UCLA researchers discovered a way to reduce these differences by 35 percent.

The findings could be an important step toward personalized medicine for women with the disease, said UCLA’s Dr. Patricia Ganz.

Of the 47 geographical areas the researchers analyzed, 20 had significantly higher percentages of people with advanced-stage disease than the U.S. norm.

Logic would suggest that millions of years of evolution would have perfected spatial localization in humans. A new UCLA study helps explain why that’s not the case.

The $1.75 million grant will be used to create a toolkit to analyze genomics data, allowing researchers to understand how threatened populations respond to changes in habitats and climate.

Technique allows researchers to test many different small molecules at once.

According to senior economist David Shulman, with the economy generating jobs at a 200,000-a-month clip, the unemployment rate should soon drop to 4.6 percent.

The discovery could point the way toward new drugs that slow or stop the disease from spreading.