Using a robotic surgical technique to excise the prostate appears to improve cancer-cell removal and reduce the need for additional post-surgery cancer therapies.

Dr. Marianne Gausche-Hill, director of emergency medical services and director of the EMS and Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowships at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Board of Emergency ...

Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir, "Twelve Years a Slave," is the basis for this year’s Academy Award best picture nominee of the same name.

With more seniors struggling to support extended families, sensible adjustments to national poverty guidelines could give them much-needed support, researchers say.

The University of California announced today that it has reached a tentative agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees for a four-year contract covering more than 8,300 service workers. AFSCME agreed to call off its five-day strike scheduled for March 3-7 at UC campuses and medical centers.

For the Academy Award-winning animated film "Frozen," two UCLA mathematicians joined a team of Disney software engineers to develop an algorithm based on the material point method to create simulations of how snow behaves under various conditions.

Users of the wearable computers can take pictures of medical samples, upload them immediately to a server and receive accurate analyses in as little as eight seconds.

University of California researchers have released two reports that indicate high need and potential for health coverage among undocumented teens and young adults in California.

Tracking HIV incidence and drug-related behaviors on social media could help researchers detect and potentially prevent outbreaks, a new UCLA-led study shows.

Ian Holloway, professor of social welfare, has been awarded two grants to study sexual risk behavior among populations of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in Los Angeles County and the Dominican Republic. In a $25,000 award ...

UCLA's Volunteer Leadership Program sent a busload of students, alumni, and staff to pitch in at Mark Twain Middle School in Venice/Mar Vista and Topanga Lookout in Calabasas.

Matthew Kahn is a professor of public policy at the Luskin School of Public Affairs as well as the Department of Economics and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. He is also research director at the Ziman Center for Real Estate at...

Using an existing drug and a new drug developed at UCLA, the researchers eradicated cancer cells in mice with a deadly type of blood cancer, leaving healthy blood cells alone. The treatment might also have applications for other blood diseases.

The Oscar won by costume designer Dorothy Jeakins for 'Night of the Iguana' in 1964 is on display this week in the Special Collections Department at Young Research Library.

The Academy Award–nominated director of "12 Years a Slave" will speak Feb. 28 as part of a new series that looks at the power of storytelling to educate and influence social change.

The vitamin, in its active form, helps to lower the amount of cholesterol in cells, which is used by TB to sustain infection, UCLA researchers say.

The Lemann Foundation of Brazil has renewed funding for faculty travel grants to visit top Brazilian universities and research institutions in 2014.

Filmmaker’s work inducted into National Film Registry   Billy Woodberry, an independent filmmaker and a lighting/grip technician for the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, recently had the honor of seeing his 1984 film,...

"Much of the world’s sorrow can be traced to cycles of retribution, where one group seeks revenge for real or imagined wrongs done by another," Power said.

UCLA staff member Kathy Wyer and Elodie Lorenz, a fellow volunteer with the Golden Retriever Club of Greater Los Angeles Rescue, take care of Roofus, a dog who was born blind and with foreshortened front legs.

Scientists say children of mothers who used the medication while pregnant were up to 37 percent more likely to be diagnosed with hyperkinetic disorder, receive medication for ADHD or display ADHD symptoms.

UCLA's TIE-INS Program, which places children of UCLA faculty and staff at public schools near campus, provides enrichment and intervention programs for the entire community.

Adam Winkler is a professor of law at UCLA School of Law and the author of "Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America." This op-ed appeared in the Los Angeles Times  on Feb. 23.        What's...

Members of the UCLA women's soccer team, winners of the 2013 NCAA championship, were honored Friday by the Los Angeles City Council. The team added No. 110 to UCLA's all-time best NCAA championship total.

Stephanie Pincetl (left) is director of the California Center for Sustainable Communities at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. Terri Hogue is an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and the associate...