Yuri Shprits, a UCLA research geophysicist, said limiting the duration of a round trip to the red planet would help reduce the amount of dangerous radiation to which astronauts are exposed.

Will it be safe for humans to fly to Mars?

Mission would be viable if it doesn’t exceed four years, international…
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English major Woody Brown, a precise prose stylist diagnosed with autism at age 2, wins the Christopher Zyda Creative Writing Award

About the Author By Jonathan Riggs   Aspiring…
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In memoriam: Gary Nash, 88, influential scholar of early American history

By Sean Brenner Gary Nash, a prolific historian of early…
From right, Alexandra Dell, Jada Hart, Donald Dell and Jada's father Nathan Hart at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C.

UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Legacy Fund Launches Ashe Internship at SPORTFIVE Agency

By Robin Migdol Arthur Ashe‘s legacy will live on at…
To try to balance against the stark brutality of the numbers, the crosses are shrouded in a color filter of soft pink and purple to represent the fight of international feminism against gender violence.Filomena Cruz

Mural pays respect to remains of women found near the U.S.-Mexico border

UCLA’s Maite Zubiaurre led the creation of art installation,…
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Margaret Kivelson selected for 2021 James Clerk Maxwell Prize

By Stuart Wolpert Margaret Kivelson, professor emeritus…
Students of associate professor Lauren Lee McCarthy (seated, at left) — one of this year’s award recipients — will work closely with members of the disability community on issues of online design accessibility and disability justice.

5 professors receive 2021 Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Research

By Jonathan Riggs Five UCLA faculty members will create…
A school of kelp bass. A new database created by scientists from UCLA and other institutions covers about 70% of all animals that live in the California Current, off of the west coast of North America.Photo Credit: Zack Gold

Scientists create genetic library for mega-ecosystem in Pacific Ocean

UCLA-led research improves value of environmental DNA for fisheries…
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Climate change definitively linked to increases in extreme rain and snow, UCLA research finds

Study uses machine learning to analyze decades’ worth of data…
The researchers focused on the dynamics of a key signaling molecule in immune cells called macrophages (pictured here).

UCLA study reveals how immune cells can be trained to fight infections

The body’s immune cells naturally fight off viral and bacterial…