Facebook study finds race trumped by ethnic, social, geographic origins in forging friendships

Race may not be as important as previously thought in determining…

Spacecraft will enable scientists to study the environment around the moon and Earth

Two spacecraft are now beginning to study the moon's environment…

Opening of the Terasaki Life Sciences Building highlights innovations at UCLA

The new Terasaki Life Sciences Building, which opened last fall,…

College alumnus wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Richard Heck, who earned both his B.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry…

Universal magnetic fields discovered in deep space

Scientists from UCLA and Cal Tech have discovered evidence of…

Making sense of our inner worlds

Shelley Taylor, winner of the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award…

Researchers develop magnetic molecular machines to deliver drugs to unhealthy cells

A team led by chemist Jeffrey Zink and scientists from UCLA's…

Scientists at UCLA find cell of origin for human prostate cancer

A UCLA research team lead by senior author Owen Witte has identified…

Unveiling the complex, surprising history of Liberty Bell

UCLA Historian Gary Nash has unearthed a trove of new information…

Study finds new pattern in DNA methylation, with implications for cancer, stem cell lines

Researchers Matteo Pellegrini and Steve Jacobsen have uncovered…