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Large detectors could potentially see a dark matter signal in the next few years, said UCLA's David Cline, who organizes the biennial conference.

The exhibtion examines the conceptually complex and visually rich relationship between individuals and communities in Africa and the land on which they live.

The campus also maintained its status as one of the world's top 10 schools overall in the London Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings.

The crumbling asteroid has now divided into as many as 10 pieces, the Hubble telescope has revealed, and scientists say its breakup may be due to the effect of sunlight.

While three-quarters of students were admitted to their first-choice college in 2013, the number who actually enrolled at their preferred school hit an all-time low, as economics swayed their decisions.

The former secretary of state offered her observations about the turmoil in Ukraine and offered advice to UCLA students about how they could help reinvent the U.S. economy for the 21st century.

Ever wonder why your laptop gest so warm when you use it? It's wasted energy. But with new magenetic materials, scientists are hoping to save that energy and keep your devices cool as a cucumber.

The UCLA alumnus will also receive UCLA's highest honor, the UCLA Medal, which previously has been awarded to such luminaries President Bill Clinton, basketball coach John Wooden, Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, and UCLA alumna and astronaut Anna Lee Fisher.

The researchers, the first to discover the combination of mechanisms that formed the Pacific Plate, used seismic tomography to detect variations in the speed of seismic waves inside the Earth.

Eric Jager's newest nonfiction thriller, "Blood Royal," looks at the brutal murder of King Charles VI's brother, the Duke of Orleans, in Paris in the midst of the Hundred Years' War.

Even those who had smoked for only a short time showed thinning of the insula, a part of the brain involved in monitoring internal states and making decisions.

The results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, show that the use of lymphatic mapping and sentinel-node biopsy have been a significant advance in the treatment of melanoma.

Higher temperatures and less rain are likely to lead to more infections in humans in the future, with the disease spreading north into previously unaffected areas as a result of climate change.

The custom graphene coating contains components that generate clot-preventing molecules, which mimic the function of blood vessels.

The findings of a new UCLA-led study could lead to a cost-effective way to make antivirals safer, which is particularly important in resource-poor countries where deadly viruses run rampant.

Light-activated drug delivery holds promise for treating cancer because it give doctors control over precisely when and where in the body drugs are released.

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.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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.

The AlloMap test, which measures changes in gene expression, can be used to assess the risk of rejection of a transplanted heart months before such an event may occur.

An analysis of dozens of studies suggests that ovulating women have evolved to prefer mates who display sexy traits but not traits typically desired in long-term mates.