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UCLA’s Miriam Posner explores the history of supply chain management – and why companies know surprisingly little about where their products come from.

UCLA researchers show for the first time that human brain assembloids can reproduce the hallmark electrical changes seen during general anesthesia.

A UCLA-led study finds California's forests are burning more severely than at any point in the last 40 years — a change linked to both climate change and forest management.

Director of the UCLA Space Medicine Program, Dr. Haig Aintablian, spends his days immersed in groundbreaking research and space-adjacent experiences.

The seven projects supported by the grant pair early-career faculty and doctoral students in critical and emerging areas of research.

From 1985-2024, high-severity forest fire increased thirtyfold in California, outpacing restorative fire, a UCLA study found.

The findings may help explain sex differences in heart disease and support the development of more personalized treatments.

New UCLA research finds that airborne dust traps about twice as much heat as climate models have estimated.

Treu’s Faculty Research Lecture takes place April 24.

Studios ignore diversity’s potential for profit, according to the 2026 Hollywood Diversity Report.

By equipping T cells with two proteins derived from fungi, the researchers enabled the immune cells to import cellobiose and convert it into usable glucose inside the cell.

The discovery confirms that they are not brown dwarfs.

Study identifies cellular defense system that protects neurons from toxic tau proteins, opening door to new treatments.

The findings may open the door to potential advancements in preventative strategies targeting women at greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Theta-phase tantalum nitride conducts heat nearly three times better than copper, opening new pathways for cooling electronics and AI hardware.

UCLA organic chemists can’t quit breaking the rules — and that’s a good thing! 

A new UCLA study combines human and animal research to identify chlorpyrifos as a potential environmental cause of brain disease.

Sedatives and antipsychotics linked to falls, confusion, and hospitalization remain widely used in patients most vulnerable to their harms.

Across medicine, environmental studies, public policy, the social sciences and beyond, UCLA scholars in 2025 continued turning discovery into real-world impact.

Meet Maher El-Kady, working toward a more sustainable energy future, and Dr. Dennis Slamon, groundbreaking breast cancer researcher and clinician.

The revolutionary achievement could lead to smaller, more efficient nuclear clocks.

Shorter courses of androgen deprivation therapy could reduce risks while still effectively controlling cancer.

The new grant will fund the enrollment of 10 additional patients in the trial and support research into the science behind immune tolerance.

The scholars, cited most often by others in their fields, are "inspiring the global research community to tackle society’s greatest challenges."

Following the team’s discovery, researchers have identified a strategy to possibly prevent treatment relapses.