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The new technology shows promise for improving glaucoma treatment over time and, as a side benefit, even improved the contact lenses' durability.

While magnesium showed no benefit, the system the UCLA study set in place -- involving paramedics, hospitals and other agencies -- proved to consistently deliver fast care.

Investigators identified about 50 brain and behavioral measures that are both under strong genetic control and associated with bipolar disorder. Their discoveries could be a major step toward identifying the specific genes that contribute to the illness.

When it comes to influential positions in the industry, minorities and women are represented at rates far below what would be expected given their percentage of the general population, according to a new UCLA study.

The campus produced more volunteers in 2013 than any other university in California and was ranked No. 6 nationwide in the agency's annual survey.

Professors Chandrashekhar Joshi and Alan N. Willson Jr. are among 67 engineers honored by the prestigious organization.

"We aim to restore patients' independence by returning their ability to type on a keyboard, open doors and transfer themselves between their bed and wheelchair," said UCLA's Daniel Lu.

The UCLA-affiliated clinic and the nonprofit will together provide comprehensive HIV services for low-income and homeless patients on Los Angeles' Westside.

With more than 60 works in various media, the exhibition examines important and often controversial sacred figures from Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Argentina and the U.S.

UCLA scientists have found that an individual's genetic makeup could increase his or her chance of developing the debilitating disease two- to six-fold after pesticide exposure.

The authors say couples can have productive conversations with each other about diet and exercise if they focus on motivation, encouragement and support.

The device — which can be produced using a 3-D printer — would enable anyone with even minimal training to test water for toxic mercury contamination.

The UCLA researchers devised a way to produce solar cells using those materials more efficiently and cost-effectively — which could hold promise for large-scale manufacturing.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's current screening strategy, researchers say, misses opportunities to decrease fracture risk in at-risk women.

Scientists from the Broad Stem Cell Research Center have been awarded new grants totaling more than $3.5 million the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine.

UCLA researchers and their colleagues also confirmed a twofold increase in heart attack risk among men older than 65 who use the popular gels and patches.

A $1.2 million gift from the foundation of late UCLA professor and Nobel laureate Julian Schwinger will enable UCLA to offer fellowships to the world's best physics students.

The findings could be an important development in understanding how to address the negative mental health effects of discrimination against transgender people.

UCLA will present author talks, panel discussions, lectures, and cultural and artistic exhibitions on African-American and African history, culture and experiences this February.

By growing larger, rangeomorphs, fern-like organisms that existed on the sea floor some 580 million years ago, were able to access nutrient-carrying ocean flows.

The tool assesses chances of survival for up to five years and assists doctors in determining whether more or less aggressive treatment is appropriate.

In a new study, UCLA researchers found that men who married when they were younger than 25 had lower bone strength than men who married for the first time at a later age.

The former secretary of state, who will receive UCLA's highest honor, will visit the campus as part of a lecture series presented by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

The campus again received more applications than any four-year university in the nation, with increases among black, Latino and Native American students.

Two UCLA sociologists reveal the logic behind the tough gambles movie studios make — and the financial results of success or failure at the box office.