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A curated selection of stories from across the UCLA campus spotlighting Black voices, histories and research.

UCLA researchers find certain molecular changes may be protective rather than detrimental in mice.

A new report by UCLA’s Williams Institute details state-level restrictions — and protections — affecting some 724,000 teens in the U.S.

Research brief: Unlocking amorphous structures could advance technologies for ultrathin electronics, medical devices.

Clues about extreme cases and omicron’s effects come from a cross-disciplinary international research team.

A Center for Neighborhood Knowledge and Unseen analysis finds the Trump administration has reshaped immigration enforcement.

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

UCLA hosted the first annual LA Fire Research Conference to answer that question, convening researchers from across the U.S., agencies and survivors.

Homeownership is one of the clearest windows into how inequality is reproduced in American society.

The use of pesticides on farms in California largely ended in 2015, but exceptions have been allowed for fumigating freight containers and similar shipping needs.

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

In a UCLA survey, kindness, self-acceptance, and having fun were also among the top values, influencing the media content they consume.

An advance warning system will tell people when to take down their bird feeders to prevent outbreaks from starting.

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

UCLA’s department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences fieldwork immerses students in discovery.

Keel brings his expertise in the history of science, critical forensic analysis, public health research and legal studies to bear in seeking accountability for in-custody deaths. 

Project ReConnect explores how our connection to nature and animals helps our well-being, and how we can help theirs.

Members of the Bruin community came together on Jan. 7 for a moving ceremony of remembrance, music and acts of healing.

One year later, UCLA Health experts say long-term threats to lung health, mental well-being and overall community wellness remain.

The findings by UCLA public health researchers underscore the need to minimize indoor exposures during the recovery phase.

A UCLA-led research team has discovered a molecular switch that determines whether tiny blood vessels in premature infants’ lungs can regenerate after injury.

The year that was, while a year of marked by uncertainty and tragedy, was also a year filled with tremendous accomplishments by our faculty, students, alumni and staff, but it was also

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

Read about the dedication of faculty, staff, students and alumni to service, collaboration, connection and kindness.

Check out 13 of the year's most unusual discoveries, which prove groundbreaking science doesn’t always look serious at first glance.