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By combining a signaling molecule with a polymer, the team created a therapy that mimics the body's natural ability to heal itself and that can be shipped and stored safely.

Meyers Drysdale will deliver the keynote address at both the 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. ceremonies on June 14 at the newly opened Pauley Pavilion.

Kal Raustiala is a professor of law and a professor at the UCLA International Institute, where he teaches in the Program on Global Studies. Since 2007 he has served as the director of the UCLA Ronald W. Burkle Center for International...

The groundbreaking method uses a DVD burner to fabricate the graphene-based devices, which can charge and discharge up to a thousand times faster than standard batteries.

A new "pill" created by UCLA engineers and colleagues mimics the action of the human liver, helping speed up the elimination of alcohol from the body.

Depressed seniors not being treated with antidepressants showed a weaker immune response to the shingles virus — and thus were less able to respond to the vaccine.

Jeffrey Simon, a visiting professor of political science and expert on terrorism and political violence, is the author of a new book, “Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat."

More than 50 of the world’s top Mars scientists gathered in Royce Hall last week to discuss whether life could survive on the red planet.

Adam Winkler is a professor at UCLA School of Law and the author of "Gunfight: The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America." This op-ed was originally published today (Feb. 15) in the Los Angeles...

Dance Marathon is in its 12th year of busting moves for pediatric AIDS – 26 hours of moves. On Feb. 16 at 11 a.m., the dancing will commence for hundreds of students in Ackerman Grand Ballroom, and it won’t stop until 1 p.m. the next day.

Bright. Visible. Flexible. These words describe the new Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) Learning Lab @ Rolfe, a new technology-enabled presentation and collaboration space for teaching and learning at UCLA.     Annelie Rugg...

More than 50 of the world’s top Mars scientists gathered in Royce Hall last week to discuss whether life could survive on the red planet. Three dozen talks over two days covered topics ranging widely from the current liquid water activity on...

UCLA's Jeffrey Simon, a visiting professor of political science and expert on terrorism and political violence, discusses the case of fugitive ex-L.A. cop Christopher Dorner.

More than 1,450 staff and faculty hit the sidewalks and walkways in and around campus this week to take part in UCLA Recreation's annual spring-into-fitness event, I♥Walking. Celebrate Valentine's Day with a gift to yourself. Today from noon...

UCLA staff and faculty members are quoted every day in the national media on a wide range of topical subjects. Here is a recent selection.    “This approach is potentially a new way to treat cancer.”    — Yi...

Feb. 19 update: Organizers say this year's Dance Marathon raised a record $475,422.57 to benefit pediatric AIDS.      Have you ever danced for six hours straight, then realized there were 20 more hours to go? You have if you’ve...

Funding from state taxpayers helped Lei Zhang, a researcher with the UCLA School of Dentistry, get the state-of-the-art equipment he needs in his quest to develop a more accurate, less costly and less invasive test for breast cancer. It might...

The exhibition, which runs through July 7, brings 125 extremely rare prints by one of South Africa's first black photojournalists to the U.S. for the first time.

UCLA has an expert who can explain the origin and significance of Valentine's Day.

Los Angeles city officials opened two "parklets," or micro urban parks, as part of an initiative led by an urban design team at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

"Our findings show how far nations still have to go to realize a world where all children have a chance to thrive, not just survive," said UCLA's Jody Heymann, the study's co-author.

John Villasenor is a professor of electrical engineering and a nonresident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. This piece was originally posted Feb. 1, 2012, on the website, Fast Company.   One day in December 1955, former...

Almost a year after researchers at the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the State University of New York–Stony Brook released a study showing that the unemployed face discrimination in the hiring process because of their jobless status,...

Maestro James Conlon, music director of the LA Opera and the 2013 UCLA Regents' Lecturer, will give a series of public lectures on Verdi and Wagner, "Struggle, Success, and Mastery: Romantic Opera in Three Acts," at the Hammer Museum...

Researchers say that a new minimally invasive "keyhole" surgery to remove blood from the brain may benefit patients previously deemed lost causes.