Neuroscience has advanced more in the past decade and a half than in all of human history. UCLA has been at the forefront of this journey for more than 50 years.

To create the super-strong but lightweight metal, scientists found a new way to disperse and stabilize nanoparticles in molten metals.

Architecture professor Dana Cuff writes that high-density housing near mass transit is exactly the type of development Los Angeles officials should be encouraging to try to alleviate the housing crunch.

History professor Nile Green writes about a group of young Iranian students and their amazing experiences of shared learning and fellowship with their hosts in early 1800s London.

Marketing professor Hal Hershfield writes that with a little more information in their monthly statements, consumers would make better choices on repaying their balances.

UCLA today released this statement in response to an announcement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

UCLA’s Dr. Steven Dubinett said the vision of philanthropists like Linda and Michael Keston “lays the groundwork for breakthroughs.”

UCLA paleobiologist J. William Schopf and his wife, plant biologist Jane Shen-Miller, established two funds to benefit faculty and staff.

Researchers led by UCLA’s Dr. Edward Garon compared pembrolizumab to the chemotherapy drug docetaxel in a clinical trial involving more than 1,000 people.

The designation means that people with the disease will have greater access to the drug without first having to receive other treatments.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block and Vice Provost for International Studies and Global Engagement Cindy Fan led a campus delegation to Asia earlier this month for three forums that brought together alumni and supporters with local leaders.

UCLA Newsroom revisits some of our favorite news items from the year. Publishing resumes on Jan. 4.

There will be more than 175 public events presented by the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture showcasing a great depth and diversity of creative programming.

Terahertz waves can be used to analyze plastics, clothing, semiconductors and works of art without damaging them and to investigate the formation of stars, among other applications.

Opening Jan. 10, the exhibition at the Fowler Museum showcases the diversity of imagery, interpretations and uses of weavings from the region.

The closure, designed to save energy and money, runs until Friday, Jan. 1. Winter quarter starts Monday, Jan. 4.

Dr. Vernon Rosario, an expert on LGBT mental health issues, comments on "The Danish Girl," a movie about one of the first individuals to undergo a sex change.

Funds will bolster an endowment created by an earlier gift from the Bernard Osher Foundation, and will be used to keep fees low and increase course offerings.

The campus also ranked among the top public universities based on the salaries of graduates who received financial aid.

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.