Female monkeys with female friends live longer
UCLA professor Susan Perry and her team of researchers reveal their findings on capuchin monkeys and social integration.
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Program primes students to tackle real-world urban sustainability issues
More than 60 graduate students have received training through the NSF-funded INFEWS initiative at UCLA.
UCLA brain researchers receive $4 million NIH grant to supercharge miniature microscope
Their new devices will enable scientists to observe neuronal activity in freely moving animals at even higher resolutions.
In memoriam: Alex Levine, 54, helped found the UCLA Center for Biological Physics
Levine was a professor of physics and astronomy who also earned his doctorate at UCLA. He died July 8.
UCLA-led team develops new approach for building quantum computers
Scientists have developed small molecules that protect the “quantumness” of qubits, an innovative step that could help to scale up processing power.
UCLA awarded $11.5 million to improve organ, hand and face transplantation
The two grant projects, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense, will be led by Dr. Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski.
UCLA scientists discover places on the moon where it’s always ‘sweater weather’
People could potentially live and work in lunar pits and caves with steady temperatures in the 60s.
UCLA-led study could be step toward cheaper hydrogen-based energy
Researchers have devised a method for more quickly predicting the performance of potential catalysts in fuel cells.
Scientists develop blueprint for turning stem cells into sensory interneurons
The research is an important advance toward cell therapies that could restore sensation in people with spinal cord injuries.
The psychedelic Rx: Hallucinogens and mental health
Can drugs like psilocybin and ecstasy effectively treat depression, addiction and other conditions? UCLA researchers are working to find out.
How UCLA’s Alvine Kamaha helped build the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector
Thanks to the physicist’s expertise, the LUX-ZEPLIN has begun its hunt for the universe’s most elusive particles.
Can computers understand complex words and concepts?
Research by UCLA, MIT and NIH scientists finds that a machine learning system organizes knowledge in a “very intuitive structure.”
Dead star’s cannibalism of its planetary system is most far-reaching ever witnessed
UCLA-led research on a white dwarf 86 light-years from Earth sheds light on the systemic chaos that occurs when a star dies.
Well, I see it differently!
UCLA psychologist Matthew Lieberman explains why people don’t perceive the world the same way others do.
UCLA professor Roger Ulrich shares Kavli Prize in astrophysics
The honor recognizes his foundational studies in the fields of helio- and asteroseismology.
Q&A: Space physicist Jacob Bortnik on the new UCLA SPACE Institute
The UCLA professor speaks about why even non-scientists should be intrigued by space research and how the new organization will foster scholarly collaboration.
Pregnant moms and depression: Study links rising symptoms to kids’ behavioral issues
The seven-year study, led by UCLA psychologists, tracked mothers and their offspring from preconception until the children were 5 years old.
UCLA study identifies how the brain links memories
The findings suggest that a drug used to treat HIV-related memory loss could combat cognitive decline in middle-aged people.
Scientists devise method to prevent deadly hospital infections without antibiotics
A novel surface treatment developed at UCLA stops microbes from adhering to common medical devices like catheters and stents.
Only 10 vaquita porpoises survive, but species may not be doomed, scientists say
If they can escape death in poachers’ nets, the endangered marine mammal is well poised genetically to rebound despite inbreeding.
3 UCLA faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences for 2022
Dr. E. Dale Abel, Robert Bjork and Rosa Matzkin were honored for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
11 UCLA faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UCLA had the second highest number of honorees among colleges and universities this year, followed by Stanford, UC Berkeley, MIT and Yale.
Facebook whistleblower and director of ‘The Social Dilemma’ talk about social media’s impact
Professor Ramesh Srinivasan joined Frances Haugen and Jeff Orlowski-Yang for the panel, which was part of UCLA’s Common Experience program.
UCLA-developed technology enables single-cell sorting by function
The advance could have implications for drug development and biological research.
Unexpected protein could play role in common brain disorder
UCLA scientists were surprised to find that amyloid fibrils in brains with frontotemporal degeneration were composed of the little-known protein TMEM106B.