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A new study conducted by researchers in UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs finds decline in giving since 2006 amid urgent and rising need in Los Angeles.

A team of scientists led by doctors at UCLA demonstrated that a modified virus has been shown to extend the lives of people with recurrent gliobastoma.

UCLA scientists use brain imaging to show that social media approval activates the same areas in teens’ brains as eating a favorite food or winning a competition.

Scientists found that a protein called cystatin E/M can inhibit cellular inflammation, which is a major contributor to the growth of the disease; the discovery could lead to the development of new treatments.

UCLA researchers used geographic modeling to reveal 121 sites where important Indian texts from the third century B.C. could be carved into rock.

Kepler-62f could have atmospheric compositions that allow it to be warm enough to have surface liquid water, which would make it possible for the planet to support life.

The researchers made the discovery using an effect called gravitational lensing to see the incredibly faint object, which was born just after the Big Bang.

The UCLA education professor reflects on some of the sweeping changes the survey has observed in students and society.

While aging weakens these connections, the researchers devised a way for the middle-aged brain to reconnect separate memories.

The study’s lead author, Dr. Stephen Kim, emphasized that the risk of transmitting bacteria through procedures that use a duodenoscope is extremely low.

A report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research contains key recommendations to overcome the critical gaps in understanding how the law, which takes effect June 9, will work.

UCLA researchers pinpointed the function of a cluster of specialized genes that play a key role in creating and preserving hematopoietic stem cells and identified the process by which those genes are activated.

The sites perform sophisticated, real-time reasoning to ensure that a specific vehicle could be manufactured with the consumer’s preferred combination of options and features.

UCLA scientists have recently partnered with the Sandia National Laboratory to develop special screening libraries based on a gene-editing technology called CRISPR.

The finding, from a UCLA study, might help identify which women can be expected to lose bone at a faster-than-average rate.

Inner peace and a flexible body may not be the most valuable benefits that yoga and meditation have to offer, suggests new research by a UCLA-led team of neuroscientists.

Mutations in mitochondrial DNA can cause devastating diseases that mainly affect tissues and cells with high-energy demands, like the brain and muscles.

The researchers chalk up Denmark’s success to many factors, including the country’s universal health care system and the availability of free treatment for all people who have been infected with HIV.

A UCLA study shows that the drug pembrolizumab also has fewer side effects than traditional treatments.

Small enough to fit on a standard silicon computer chip, the device developed at UCLA Engineering could be used for improved timing, attosecond physics and measuring universal constants.

UCLA professor co-authored a study to determine which kinds of built environment are best and worst at dispersing vehicle emissions.

The concept of separating students by sex as a tool for education reform has fallen into a minefield of limited and dubious data as to its effectiveness.

A policy report by the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability finds that Proposition 84 achieved some, but not all, of its ambitious goals.

With decades of experience in helping people with psychosis regain their place in society, UCLA neuroscientist Michael Green and his team of 10 psychiatrists, psychologists and other neuroscientists will look for ways to help formerly homeless veterans make the same transition.

The finding could be a cause for concern because many countries rely on the agency to help pay for vital health care services for people with the diseases.