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The powerful Gemini Planet Imager, with an advanced spectrometer designed at UCLA, has collected its first set of images and spectra from several distant planetary systems.

Because such infections are the most common reason for antibiotic use among all children, the costs associated with them are under more scrutiny than ever by health care and government administrators.

The two-and-a-half-year UCLA study found that the protein expression of a typical gene is influenced by many more genetic variants than previously thought.

Researchers also found that black patients tend to fare worst after diagnosis, while Asians and Hispanics survive the longest with the disease.

Jarrahi is among 102 scientists and engineers to receive this year's award, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on researchers in the early stages of their careers.

Telling a crop-fertilizing strain from its potential bioterrorist-agent cousin is tricky, said researchers whose bioinformatics analysis shed light on the Burkholderia bacteria genus.

"Many of these are the first rocks that formed anywhere in the solar system," curator John Wasson said of the gallery's 1,500 meterorite specimens.

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the U.S. surgeon general's first report on the hazards of lighting up, there's good news about nurses who smoke: There are a lot less of them.

The research, showing that we perceive risk-seeking individuals to be taller and stronger than those who are risk-averse, may have implications for law enforcement, the prison system and the military.

Hair follicle stem cells, the cells of origin for cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, a common skin cancer, cannot initiate cancer growth during their quiescent phase, UCLA researchers found.

A $2.2 billion effort that began in the 1980s and took on added importance after the Northridge earthquake will, by 2019, have made 66 campus buildings seismically safer.

The department is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this winter.

The department presents a series of public events this winter, including lectures and exhibitions.

The technique — anamorphic stretch transform — makes it possible to improve the speed and quality of data capture, and could have applications in a range of scientific research settings.

Nanomedicine has proven to be promising in fighting cancer, offering the prospect of safer and more effective imaging and drug delivery, and the ability to target tumor cells while sparing patients' healthy tissue.

Understanding the formation and loss of ultrarelativistic electrons in Earth's magnetosphere may help protect satellites, spacecraft and astronauts from the hazards these highly charged particles pose.

The department is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this winter, including recitals and performances by students, faculty and visiting artists.

Researchers studying mice found no evidence of an association between iron levels and the hardening of the arteries that leads to often deadly cardiovascular disease.

The department is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this winter, including exhibitions and public lectures.

The department is offering a variety of events for the public's enjoyment this winter, including exhibitions and lectures.

The department is offering a series of events for the public's enjoyment during the winter quarter, including performances and academic lectures.

Researchers have recived nearly $21 million from California's stem cell agency to support clinical trials testing stem cell-focused therapies for cancer and sickle cell disease.

Ultrafine particulate concentrations were found to be highest near Santa Monica Airport, followed by freeway-laced Boyle Heights and downtown Los Angeles.

Faculty at the Fielding School of Public Health are working with community members in L.A.'s Boyle Heights to transform junk-food peddling markets into healthy food oases.

The American health care system ranked 22nd out of 27 high-income industrialized nations in terms of its ability to turn health dollars spent into extended lives.