Science + Technology

Predictive models have grossly underestimated the amount of climate-changing coarse dust, UCLA scientists say.

The interplay between estrogen and a key gene holds clues in the search for new therapies, biologists say.

The shields can be mass-produced using laser cutting and 3D injection molding, giving quick relief to health workers battling the pandemic.

Bioengineering professor Jacob Schmidt is working with Douglas Daniels, director of the Lux Labs at the UCLA Library, to manufacture face shields.

UCLA-led study shows how drought affects native amphibians, harbingers of what’s to come.

“Teaching is all about the students. We must challenge them, support them, make them feel connected to the class and give them opportunities to do amazing things.”

Researchers used a new technology called scanning atomic electron tomography, which they developed.

The Eli and Edythe Broad Stem Cell Research Center recently named the winners of its campus-wide light microscopy image and video contest.

“The advance is like the transition from black-and-white TV to color TV,” said UCLA professor Aydogan Ozcan.

With financial assistance from the cast and crew of the TV show, Jonathan Shi is planning a career in medicine to give back to his community.

The society is the premier organization of professional astronomers in North America.

Mackenzie, professor emeritus of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, died Feb. 19. He was 94.

Kleinrock was awarded the campus’s highest honor for his contributions in providing the intellectual foundation for the modern technical age.

UCLA paleobiologist’s pursuit to uncover Earth’s earliest record of life has spanned 60 years and counting.

Researchers found that Himba have the highest rate of “extra-pair paternity.” The term refers to a case in which a child is born to a married couple, but the husband is not the biological father.

Alumnae Patricia Coleman James and Coretta Harris, along with current student Imani Elston, discuss the early days and how the chapter has evolved.

Advanced statistical techniques enabled UCLA researchers to look backward in time hundreds of thousands of years without fossil DNA.

Wondering how to woo your crush this Valentine’s Day? When it comes to love, don’t wing it — take a lesson from the birds (and bees) instead.

Nobel, who is a plant physiological ecologist, is the world’s leading authority on the environmental biology of agaves and cacti.

UCLA is tied for fifth in the number of professors honored this year as early-career scientists and scholars who are rising stars of science.

Murthy has been dean of UCLA Engineering since January 2016. She is the first woman to hold the position.

The patch significantly prolonged survival and reduced the growth of tumors in mice.

UCLA-led research also finds that travel-related screening for coronavirus will identify less than half of those infected.

Nano-related science and art were on display during the UCLA-MindshareLA event, which underscored UCLA’s commitment to share the knowledge it’s creating beyond Westwood.

Invented by researchers from UCLA and China, the coating was inspired by a natural mechanism that keeps blood from freezing in some fish species.