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The floor suffered water damage in the flooding that followed a major water main break under Sunset Boulevard just off campus on July 29.

A study co-authored by a UCLA public policy professor found some positive effects in Rhode Island after the state accidentally made prostitution legal for seven years.

First 267 cars affected by Tuesday's water main break are being moved to Lot 36 in Westwood Village.

The center will advance the study of “program obfuscation,” the use of new encryption methods to make a computer program invisible to an outside observer while preserving the way it works.

As crews continue cleaning up from Tuesday’s water main break, Block thanks everyone for their patience, hard work, and generous assistance to their colleagues and strangers.

Campus crews and contractors worked throughout the night to remove water from UCLA buildings and clear debris. Officials pledge that Pauley Pavilion will be ready for basketball season.

The study adds to growing evidence that, for some patients, diverticulitis goes beyond isolated attacks and can lead to a chronic condition that mimics irritable bowel syndrome.

UCLA’s chancellor issued an announcement to the campus following a burst water main near campus Tuesday afternoon.

While both planets are rocky with iron cores, the complex dynamics of Mercury's interior create an unusual magnetic field that is three times stronger at its northern hemisphere than its southern one.

Nearly 4 in 10 Los Angeles County residents live in environmentally vulnerable communities burdened by air pollution and other risk factors, according to a study by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation and The Environmental Defense Fund.

More than 300,000 California children ages 4 to 11 need mental health care, but only one in four is treated, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

The first major exhibition to focus on Timor’s rich textile arts presents the stories and works of artists from villages throughout the Southeast Asian island.

The outlook is based on the recent Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast Commercial Real Estate Survey, which analyzes the three-year outlook for real estate development activity in California.

Glen MacDonald, formerly the director of UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, is the first holder of a new chair named after legendary conservationist John Muir. Mark Gold is now acting director of IoES.

In people with Type 2 diabetes, the cellular process autophagy appears to not work properly, contributing to the destruction of insulin-producing beta cells.

The largest-ever genomic study published on any psychiatric disorder provides important new insights about the biological causes of schizophrenia, and it could lead to new approaches to treatment.

A new UCLA-led study suggests that a higher quality educational environment may help reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes.

The NSF and semiconductor giant Intel Corp. have partnered to support UCLA research that could reduce radiation from CT scans and lead to the development of new cancer treatments.

Taking advantage of the recent dramatic advances in neuroscience, the authors write, could lead to new and improved psychological treatments.

Unlike many of today's other imaging technologies that use light waves and radio waves, the device uses terahertz waves, which provide high efficiency and signal clarity.

The three-year study found that language skills among children with autism greatly improved when spoken- and social-communication therapy was tailored based on their individual progress and delivered using computer tablets.

Men with prostate cancer who were also depressed were more likely to be diagnosed with more aggressive prostate cancer, receive less effective treatments and survive for shorter times.

UCLA was ranked No. 5 in the country and No. 1 in both California and the Los Angeles metropolitan area, and was highly ranked in 15 of the 16 specialties evaluated in the survey.

The multi-site clinical trial, which aims to identify and implement effective, evidence-based strategies to combat falls, will be co-led by Dr. David Reuben, chief of the UCLA Division of Geriatrics.

From 2005 to 2007, roughly 20 percent of people who committed suicide were intoxicated at death, but that percentage was notably higher during and after the recession, according to a study led by UCLA professor Mark Kaplan.