Research

The grants to UCLA's Center X will fund programs designed to support teachers' development and boost student achievement at low-income Los Angeles schools.

Michael Jung, UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and his research group designed and synthesized the molecule that has become Medivation's investigational prostate-cancer drug.

The laboratory research could potentially lead to the development of other compounds with similarly beneficial effects.

In new research, UCLA scientists claim that "secondary sexual traits" like coloring may let animals know which species to avoid fighting.

Three scientists were awarded major grants to translate leading-edge stem cell science into new therapies for sickle cell disease, HIV/AIDS and cancer.

In a new book, UCLA historian Joan Waugh argues that Ulysses S. Grant deserves to be remembered with as much reverence and gratitude as Abraham Lincoln.

The feeling of stigmatization patients often experience doesn't only exact a psychological toll — it may also lead to negative health outcomes.

Photron USA has donated three state-of-the-art motion analysis cameras for use in the California NanoSystems Institute's Advanced Light Microscopy/Spectroscopy (ALMS) lab.