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UCLA scientists are working at the forefront of technological advances in an era of personalized health care treatment and research that challenges our imaginations.

Law professor Adam Winkler writes that the “menacing” look of assault rifles belies their actual impact on society. Most gun crimes are committed with handguns.

The initiative will allow the next generation of leaders and change agents to understand and improve the health of veterans, and of the nation.

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.

Maria de Jesus and Maria Teresa Alvarez, the formerly conjoined Guatemalan twins who were  separated in 2002 in a landmark 23-hour surgery, returned to Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA to visit sick children.

Eunice Lee is the architect of KIM-CHI, a community-based program that induces more Korean-American immigrant women to get breast cancer screenings.

For personnel and payroll specialist Pamela Johnson, helping others comes naturally.

Innovative transportation services such as car sharing, bike sharing, and transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft are changing mobility for millions of people.

A panel of UCLA experts examine the causes and consequences of the terrorist attacks in Paris and how to deal with ISIS.

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.

UCLA African American studies professor Melvin Rogers writes that it’s a deeply sad reflection of society if luck is a requirement for African Americans to be successful in America.

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

Starting this winter, freshmen will have a chance to dive into UCLA’s rich history through a series of Fiat Lux seminars designed to explore various aspects of the institution’s  founding.

As part of an international competition, they created the “Safe Spot” campaign to undermine the recruiting tactics of the Islamic State group by using the Internet to foster ideals of acceptance, safety and community.

UCLA emeritus professor Gary Blasi urges Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and other local leaders to declare a local emergency as El Niño weather approaches.

With help from faculty and students at UCLA and Waseda University in Tokyo, UCLA professor Michael Emmerich has developed and launched an app to teach students to read premodern calligraphy used in classical Japanese texts.

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.

The UCLA Goldberg Migraine Program will be led by Dr. Andrew Charles, who says the donation will enable scientists to develop new therapies and provide the best possible care for migraine sufferers.

Leavitt passed away on Nov. 27 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 76.

A startup founded by a UCLA M.B.A. graduate and decorated military veteran took home the top prize in a competition aimed at giving a boost to some of the UC’s most promising life-science startups.

Getting a diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder as early as possible is important for early intervention.

Kentucky was 7-0 coming into the Wildcats’ first game ever at UCLA’s home arena.