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The UCLA scholars are engaged in transformative work in areas ranging from law and chemistry to theater, musical composition and medieval studies.

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.

Richard L. Hasen, Marilyn Raphael, Alexander Spokoyny and Stuart Brown have been recognized for their contributions to furthering scientific research in service to society.

The Bruin alumna and new author reflects on her path, from first-gen college student to professorship and her own lab.

UCLA organic chemists can’t quit breaking the rules — and that’s a good thing! 

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

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.

A new video helps explain why a dreaded college class is a wildly popular crowd favorite at UCLA.

Discover more about UCLA's Nobel-winning research and the five Nobel honors across the UC system.

The UC Berkeley professor, known as the inventor of reticular chemistry, was at UCLA from 2006 to 2011.

Sánchez, who holds degrees in applied math and chemistry, founded Matteo Parfums and is co-building Eroma Health, with the aim of advancing scent-based disease detection.

The gift will help UCLA recruit scholars in the departments of physics and astronomy and of chemistry and biochemistry.

Heather Maynard, Sorin Popa, Marilyn Raphael and Edward Leamer were selected for their achievements in original research.

Regular gum chewers could potentially be ingesting tens of thousands of microplastic particles a year, according to a pilot study.

For World Parkinson’s Day, UCLA neurologist and Parkinson’s expert Dr. Jeff Bronstein answered questions about the causes, symptoms and treatment of PD.

Xintong Yuan, a chemical engineering doctoral student, has been selected to join the 2025 class of next-generation researchers.

The Scottish-born scientist, who taught at UCLA from 1997 to 2008, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2007.

UCLA chemists have devised an innovative method to control the morphology of PEDOT to grow nanofibers precisely.

UCLA physicists have developed a new film that requires much less of the rare thorium-229 and is significantly less radioactive.

The researchers have published studies that are cited most often by other scholars in their fields.

Research from UCLA and NASA finds molecular orientation pattern likely results from factors other than chemical predisposition.

A new paper in the journal Science demonstrates how to make several kinds of molecules called anti-Bredt olefins, which violate Bredt’s rule.

Simulations reveal PAHs’ affinity for binding to DNA — and evading repair — in study co-led by a county firefighter.