Hardship early in life can affect health and longevity – even for marmots
Researchers have established a cumulative adversity index that could be adapted to help conservation efforts for other species.
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U.S. Latino GDP skyrockets to record $3.7 trillion, with growth rate outpacing China, India
Despite COVID, Latinos’ economic output in 2022 was greater than 6 of the world’s 10 largest economies.
LGBT adults in California face increased risks of firearm violence
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research study shows lower rates of gun ownership, higher rates of fear of being a victim of gun violence.
UCLA Library funds 26 international cultural preservation projects
The grant winners include digitization efforts representing eastern Ukraine, the Ivory Coast and Latin America.
A deeper understanding of avians — and ourselves — through song
UCLA professor Stephanie White discusses what birds could teach us about communication.
How a UCLA sparrow population could be a blueprint for wildlife vitality in changing cities
Doctoral student Joey Di Liberto reflects on a nuanced breeding season on campus for the dark-eyed junco.
Honey, honey: Cultural coevolution
Evolutionary anthropologist Brian Wood talks about his research on the greater honeyguide, a wild bird in Africa that guides people to honey.
A Newsroom aviary
Check out a sampling of a decade’s worth of bird research by UCLA faculty and students.
Birds shifting more in time than space as they adjust to global warming
Still, changes in phenology, latitude and elevation account for only a small portion of what’s needed to keep track with rising temperatures.
Like people, vultures get set in their ways and have fewer friends as they age
Older birds tend to have fewer, more selective friendships with stronger bonds and may know better where to find food.
Dark matter could have helped make supermassive black holes in the early universe
Radiation from dark matter may have kept hydrogen gas hot enough to condense into black holes instead of stars.
UCLA receives $120 million from Alya and Gary Michelson for new California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy
The transformative donation will spur breakthrough discoveries and drive economic growth for the region.
Lyme disease early detection could get boost from simpler, faster testing technology
An AI-enabled testing technology with point-of-care potential was shown to be accurate and reliable in UCLA-led study.
UCLA receives $1 million NSF grant to accelerate commercialization of quantum technologies
The Quantum Sensing and Imaging Lab will work to advance capabilities in fields like medicine, atmospheric science and physics.
Two epicenters led to Japan’s violent Noto earthquake on New Year’s Day
A rare “dual-initiation” mechanism ruptured a barrier on the fault during the Jan. 1 shaker.
UCLA study tracks former President Donald Trump’s weaponization of words
The former president’s use of violent vocabulary has increased over time.
Novel procedure helps treat renowned chef’s rare eye cancer
A minimally invasive approach gives a better treatment option to certain patients with metastatic uveal melanoma.
12 years after a terminal prognosis, Maui attorney gives others hope
A UCLA-developed vaccine helped Jamil Newirth beat brain cancer and thrive in law and philanthropy.
Venting your frustrations can make friends like you better – if you do it right
Psychologists find it isn’t cathartic, but it can strengthen bonds that might pay off in the future.
Molecule restores cognition and memory in Alzheimer’s disease mouse study
A compound jump-started memory circuitry in mice and could treat several disorders if proven effective in humans.
UCLA Public Impact Research Awards spotlight professors uplifting communities in L.A., nation
Faculty projects range from protecting incarcerated people to advocacy on behalf of renters and support for people with substance use issues.
Researchers discover new mechanism to cool buildings while saving energy
A low-cost approach regulates heat with common building materials that absorb or radiate heat.
‘This is about hope’: Scientists offer climate solutions for sustainability in California
The researchers drew connections between existing sustainability challenges and encroaching climate change challenges.
UCLA comet discoverer turns her eye toward Earth’s potentially hazardous neighbors
As the NEOWISE spacecraft is shut down, its UCLA project leader readies NASA’s next study on near-Earth objects.
UCLA Fulbright awardees will soon depart for global destinations
Six recent graduates and one faculty member will conduct research and promote cultural exchanges.