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The life scientists have provided the first cell “atlas” of the hippocampus — the part of the brain that helps regulate learning and memory — when it is affected by traumatic brain injury.

No research was lost at the La Kretz Center Field Station structure, but the wildfire’s effect on the broader habitat will affect several ongoing studies.

The 24-year-old entrepreneur invented a process that breaks the chemical bonds between plastic molecules, turning material that would otherwise be nonrecyclable into valuable chemicals.

Prospective students may request to extend the fall undergraduate application deadline and receive fee waivers.

It includes two plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel and Maria Bello’s virtual reality presentation, “The Sun Ladies Project.”

The study suggests that lung cancer can be detected earlier, when it is much easier to treat.

The partnership will enable the city to manage water supplies more sustainably, become more energy efficient and increase use of clean energy.

High-density lipoprotein, or HDL, sometimes referred to as “good” cholesterol, is brought from the outer wall to the interior of the cell by a protein that helps create a “bridge” between the two areas.

The donation, from the J. Yang and Family Foundation, will provide scholarships for undergraduates and graduate students, and support academic programming.

The bonus version of the hit song ‘Pressure’ was recorded on campus in June in the Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center at the Herb Alpert School of Music.

Vogel has been named the school’s inaugural Hearst Theater Lab Initiative Distinguished Visiting Playwright-in-Residence.

Without changes being made by 2040, the report found, certain locales would be guaranteed to experience power failures at the hottest times of the year.

The Los Angeles Seafood Monitoring Project is seeking to reduce sushi fraud and the mislabeling of fish.

The Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies was founded in 2016 to support the creation of media about environmental issues for non-English speakers and people from different cultural backgrounds.

UCLA researchers invented a portable device that uses holograms and machine learning to measure bioaerosols from living organisms like plants or mold.

UCLA research shows that swift public action could actually result in more wetlands.

A UCLA mouse model could deepen understanding of the same diseases, such as anxiety disorders, in children.

Research led by UCLA scientists shows that dietary changes could potentially help kill cancer cells in children with leukemia.

The $3.7 million, three-year grant will go toward research aimed to develop imaging technology that allows the recording of tens of thousands of neurons to better understand how the brain goes awry in disease.

The awards honor Julian Schwinger, who was considered one of the 20th century’s preeminent physics scholars.

The continuing low proportion of uninsured state residents illustrates the continued success of the Affordable Care Act, according to a UCLA policy brief.

UCLA is also the No. 3 American public university among the top 1,250 universities in 75 countries that were considered in the evaluation.

The contribution, from the Steven Gordon Family Foundation, will fund research, establish five faculty chairs and support a new lab where scientists can closely examine the mechanisms of the disease.

Among his many accomplishments, the biostatistics professor earned worldwide recognition for predicting the magnitude of the HIV/AIDS epidemic beginning in the mid-1980s.

The new imaging technique may lead to improved functionality of devices such as personal computers and smartphones.