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New study suggests cocaine makes people significantly more susceptible to HIV infection.

Braving floods, fires and vampire mosquitoes, UCLA professor Susan Perry has spent 25 years chasing capuchin monkeys through the forests of Costa Rica. Her data have transformed what we know about these fascinating primates.

Professor Phillip Leslie writes that we shouldn’t let fear of private companies intruding on our privacy prevent us from reaping the benefits of using large data sets to enact policies.

Psychologist Phillip Atiba Goff and his team at the UCLA Center for Policing Equity have launched the Justice Database to measure disparities in policing and provide data that have never been collected before.

The study, published in Science, addresses problems that have long stalled the adoption of fuel cell technology.

NASA’s Dawn mission is observing the dwarf planet Ceres from 2,700 miles above its surface; the space agency has released new images and a video animation.

A new event created by the Ozcan Research Group of UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science showcased an impressive array of biomedical engineering technology research.

Deborah Cohen's research took her to extreme heights — 13,000 feet in altitude to be precise — as she explored the thematic depths of the work produced by the Gedun Choephel Artists’ Guild.

Interventions for sensory over-responsivity could significantly improve the lives of children with this form of autism.

Payment system implemented in 2002 has led to longer stays and discharge patterns that appear to be based on financial considerations rather than solely on patient need.

Breakthrough could lead to new ways of treating and controlling diseases like lupus and psoriasis.

UCLA Luskin master’s student, Navy Lt. Michael Fonbuena, said the opportunities to study international issues, listen to high-profile guest speakers and engage in real-world learning will reshape his military career.

The UndocuBruins Research Program is the first to serve and guide undocumented students at UCLA and encourages the exploration of topics and populations that are rarely examined.

A study led by UCLA professor James Macinko finds that Brazil’s primary care approach appears to be working well.

The research explains how a specifically targeted antimicrobial peptide works to eradicate only the harmful Streptococcus mutans bacteria, the main cause of tooth decay, without disturbing the benign and beneficial bacteria in the mouth.

In “Project Fatherhood,” social welfare professor Jorja Leap writes about the struggles and triumphs of men doing their best to become good fathers and mentors in Watts.

Material creates an instant scaffold that allows new tissue to latch on and grow within cavities formed between linked spheres of gel.

The finding could change the way organs are assessed and save thousands of dollars per transplant.

Coherent diffractive imaging transforms the conventional view of microscopy by replacing the physical lens with a computational algorithm.

The researchers say that women with a high risk for breast cancer recurrence benefit by having chemotherapy as part of their treatment, but for those at low risk, chemo has no added value.

“The brain has a major system that seems predisposed to get us ready to be social in our spare moments,” says UCLA professor Matthew Lieberman.

New research evaluates effectiveness of a health plan designed for people with diabetes and pre-diabetes.

Research by scientists at the Broad Stem Cell Research Center shows that the cells carrying parents’ genes to a child are unprotected during part of the prenatal stage of development.

UCLA scholar Ramesh Srinivasan has established a center that will link scholars who want to study the role digital technology plays in cultures globally.

Findings are part of a comprehensive new study that tracked young children’s health in California from 2003 to 2012.