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The linguistics professor studies how children from a wide range of backgrounds learn speech and language from their environments.

Una nueva investigación vincula la intensificación de la alternancia entre condiciones húmedas y secas con la cualidad tipo esponja de la atmósfera para dejar caer y absorber agua.

People regard those who betray others as less trustworthy except when it benefits them, psychologists say

New research links intensifying wet and dry swings to the atmosphere’s sponge-like ability to drop and absorb water.

UCLA physicist John Miao pioneered a new form of microscopy with unprecedented precision and field of view.

The funding provides new opportunities to expand and strengthen UCLA’s partnerships with communities throughout Los Angeles.

While managing access to resources and new technologies, librarians have emerged as research partners.

“New Deal politics is not what we’re fighting over anymore. We’re fighting over a new dimension ... and it’s this identity-inflected dimension,” said Professor Lynn Vavreck.

UCLA physicists have developed a new film that requires much less of the rare thorium-229 and is significantly less radioactive.

In the face of a contracting industry, with streamers relying on old or long-running shows, researchers at UCLA sought to find where future success lies for the small screen.

The South Bay campus CFO and COO is leaning into a startup mentality to expand the university’s geographic footprint.

The jet is tens of millions of times larger than the supermassive black hole’s event horizon.

In practice and in scholarship, magic continues to intrigue and inspire students, faculty and staff throughout UCLA. Here are a few quick glimpses behind the glamour.

UCLA Health psychiatrist says medication could remove barriers to treatment for service members who experienced trauma.

As we head into the holidays and prepare to usher in 2025, Newsroom takes a look back at the accomplishments of the Bruin community and the highlights of 2024.

The researchers have published studies that are cited most often by other scholars in their fields.

Findings could lead to new, more effective therapies for managing diabetes.

UCLA’s program dedicated to the condition, which is sometimes known as “Armenian disease,” is the only one in the Western Hemisphere.

Being kind to others, self-acceptance and having fun are also goals for 10- to 24-year-olds surveyed across the U.S.

Biophysicist Amy Rowat spearheads new graduate fellowship program to cultivate leaders in sustainable food systems.

Research shows adolescence offers opportunities for learning and development that have impacts throughout adulthood.

Known for its axon guidance properties, new research suggests protein is critical in guiding neural development.

The outreach program connects Los Angeles-area students to scientists’ work in medicine and disease treatment.

A new study finds higher temperatures increase evaporation enough to cause drought without any reduction in precipitation.

A new paper in the journal Science demonstrates how to make several kinds of molecules called anti-Bredt olefins, which violate Bredt’s rule.