biological sciences

The study is the latest to find that animals recognize differences between men and women.

The nasal spray has been effective at preventing or reducing severe COVID in mice and other airborne viral diseases.

Natural selection began favoring Indigenous Andeans with a high number of salivary amylase genes when potatoes were first grown in the Andean highlands.

The brain may use dopamine to expand time between distinct events, enabling us to remember unique episodes.

Christian Gerard Capuno will represent UCLA April 22 in the UC-wide showcase of graduate research.

A UCLA-led team has developed a tougher, higher-sensitivity wearable platform for continuous monitoring of important molecules.

In an alternate world, UCLA professor Anne Andrews might be a CIA agent. But in this one, she’s a scientist breaking new ground measuring chemicals in the brain and body.

Take a video tour around UCLA to learn about the sustainability initiatives that power, drive and shape the campus.

As we celebrate Earth Month, Newsroom is shining a light on the ways in which UCLA advances sustainability, develops climate change solutions and educates a new generation of environmentally conscious leaders.

UCLA professor Elissa Hallem’s work deepens understanding of how parasitic worms invade human hosts and opens doors to new strategies to fight infection.

Replacing the entire faulty gene rather than correcting individual mutations may allow the therapy to work across all patients with cystic fibrosis.

The UCLA Research Park is two years away from opening its doors. But it’s already buzzing with energy and ideas.

UCLA professor Siobhan Braybrook discusses what this field and its funding mean to each of us.

The research team engineered human blood stem cells to produce specialized immune cells called NKT cells.

An advance warning system will tell people when to take down their bird feeders to prevent outbreaks from starting.

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

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.

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 gift will support the UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program by funding an endowed chair and a fellowship.

Bruingenuity is on vivid display in myriad inventions that save and improve lives every day. Bonus: gourmet slime!

The wildfires that devastated Los Angeles last January continue to raise profound questions. Bruin researchers are leading the way to mitigate future fire risk.

The volunteer-led event drew more than 12,000 visitors in its 17th year.