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The findings are critical for researchers aiming to develop muscle stem cells in the lab that can be used to combat disease.

UCLA study suggests younger kids might be more adept at deciphering nonverbal emotional cues in photographs.

The gift will support research aimed at understanding the SARS-CoV2 virus, developing methods to detect infection and creating therapies to treat infection.

Amy Bugwadia and Kaumron Eidgahy were inspired by a course taught by political science professor Natalie Masuoka.

Scientists and a robot named MaRTy tested the city’s new Cool Streets program and made a surprising discovery.

The Hollywood power couple connected with public health professor Anne Rimoin after she appeared on an MSNBC program.

The drug’s legalization and decriminalization have made detection especially important for preventing impaired driving, the authors say.

Stein, director of UCLA's Leve Center for Jewish Studies, is well known for her scholarship, writing and teaching in the field.

Achieving net-zero emissions in California by 2050 can prevent thousands of deaths annually, researchers say.

By repurposing drugs originally intended for other uses, scientists are pushing forward the fight against cancer.

The team proposed a redesign of certain elements of a Los Angeles elementary school to improve its environmental sustainability.

Without a change in course, the 2020 count may be "one of the most incomplete census enumerations in history," says UCLA’s Paul Ong.

The online atlas supports efforts to better understand the region’s habitats, which could influence global conservation efforts.

Families continue to demand aggressive medical treatment for loved ones, even when they know it isn't likely to help.

Images of C/2019 Y4 breaking into more than two dozen fragments in recent days were captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

“We hope our method could be used in the future to prepare treatments that can be performed at the patient’s bedside,” said UCLA’s Paul Weiss.

The conversations are intended to build community and foster resilience as we adapt to the changes brought about by COVID-19.

UCLA’s honorees are Miguel García-Garibay, Jennifer Mnookin, Pedro Noguera, Lynn Vavreck, Mary Nichols and Ann Philbin.

UCLA's Quality of Life Index found that the young and economically stressed are far less optimistic about their opportunities.

This first offering of UCLA’s STAND Together During COVID-19 website provides self-care strategies based on research-backed cognitive behavioral therapy principles.

In a study using mice with bone defects in their skulls, the treatment reduced the size of the defects by an average of 50%.

The first installment features a discussion with professors Ren Sun, Dr. Otto Yang, Daniel Kamei and Eran Halperin.

The researchers’ approach could also eventually be used as a way to monitor the activity of volcanoes.

One group organized a crowdsourced fundraising effort; another has donated thousands of surgical masks.

Research brief: The experiment represents one of a very few instances in which a drug reduced cognitive decline in animals after radiation treatment.