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The new cell construction extends the cell’s effective life in air by more than 10 times, with only a marginal loss of efficiency converting sunlight to electricity.

UCLA researchers found that the tiny particles can strengthen gutta percha, the material used to fill the root canal, and even deliver drugs to fight infection.

The short conversations, educational literature and follow-up phone calls that are part of Project QUIT helped people reduce their risky drug use by a third.

Though the deformities are almost imperceptible to the human eye, the super–slow-motion flowing effect limits the maximum size of large glass screens.

“There is so much potential for treating disease if we understand deeply how telomerase works,” said UCLA professor Juli Feigon, a senior author of the study.

Findings suggest that the industrialized world’s sleep habits do not differ much from those that humans evolved to have.

Political science professor Chris Tausanovitch argues that polarization in American society actually has not deviated much since the 1950s.

Among young people with high-functioning autism, the areas of the brain linked to social behaviors are less developed and less-sufficiently networked than they are in those without autism.

New research indicates that some dinosaurs, at least, had the capacity to elevate their body temperature using heat sources in the environment, such as the sun.

Researchers say this research gives important insight into the cellular nature of aggressive prostate cancer, which will aid in the development of better treatments.

The researchers suggest that universities could encourage more risk-taking in research by decoupling job security from productivity.

The creation of China’s first long-distance, web-based smoking cessation program, encouraged more nurses to get involved with helping patients quit smoking.

Study by UCLA-led international team restores consensus after controversial 2014 paper questioned direct effects of climate change.

The particles are used in a wide range of consumer products for their ability to kill bacteria. But that benefit might be coming at a cost to the environment.

The model, developed from six years of mathematical research and a decade of police crime data, has been so successful that the LAPD adopted it for use in 14 of its 21 divisions.

Researchers found that people envision an unknown “black”-named character in similar ways to an unknown “white”-named male convicted of assault.

UCLA is the world’s No. 8 overall and the No. 2 U.S. public institution in the 2016 U.S. News and World Report Best Global Universities rankings.

UCLA research had previously helped secure approval for Keytruda to treat advanced melanoma.

The advance could eventually lead to vastly improved technology for capturing solar energy.

UCLA neuroscientists report in a new study that a diet high in processed fructose interferes with the brain’s ability to heal.

New program improves the likelihood that close relatives of colorectal cancer survivors will get screened for the disease, UCLA research shows.

Los Angeles-area Korean Americans who heard presentations in their churches were more likely to get tested, according to researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The initiative will provide access to the latest therapeutic cancer clinical trials and state-of-the-art care for men and women who have served in the armed forces.

The aim of the study is to develop new magnetic resonance imaging technologies to assess the impact of environmental pollution.

UCLA Anderson Forecast’s third quarterly report of 2015 predicts a strong outlook for the next two years, with a slim chance of a recession and a slight change for a surge in growth.