Black Americans’ COVID vaccine hesitancy stems more from today’s inequities than historical ones

UCLA study urges medical community to pursue changes that build…
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UCLA-led team develops new approach for building quantum computers

The building blocks of chemistry offer the potential to dramatically…
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$5 million from Boeing will support UCLA quantum science and technology research

By Jonathan Riggs | May 19, 2022 UCLA has…
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UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability receives $1.5 million pledge from founding director

The gift from Richard and Linda Turco will support students…
Image of electrons in a Van Allen radiation belt (blue) encountering whistler waves (purple) and being sent raining toward the north pole (red). THEMIS satellites are seen near the radiation belt, while UCLA’s ELFIN hovers above Earth.Image source: Zhang, et al., Nature Communications, 2022

UCLA researchers discover source of super-fast ‘electron rain’

The downpours, which can affect satellites and space travel,…
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UCLA-led team refines ‘kick and kill’ strategy aimed at eliminating HIV-infected cells

Study in mice could point toward method for clearing virus…

The power of two: collaboration empowered groundbreaking sleep research

Life scientists from different fields inspired each other and…
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UCLA scientists make strides toward an ‘off-the-shelf’ immune cell therapy for cancer

By Tiare Dunlap Using stem cell engineering and organoid technology,…
Photo of Tori Schmitt visiting Autun Cathedral in France.

Reconstructing What Was

By Jonathan Riggs Founded early in the sixth century,…
“Zoot Suit” cast dancing at the Mark Taper Forum. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive. Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive/ UCLA Library Special Collections

Professor aims to put the history of Mexicans in Los Angeles at your fingertips

Marissa López’s app, ‘Picturing Mexican America,’ will…