Major advance in ‘synthetic biochemistry’ holds promise for industrial products and biofuels

UCLA biochemists have devised a clever way to make a variety…

Are they friends or not? Just a second of laughter can reveal relationship status, UCLA study finds

Hearing other people laugh together, even for just one second,…

UCLA faculty voice: Body mass index perpetuates stigmas and indicates little about health

You’ve just returned from your morning run and you’re rustling…

Don Nakanishi, 66, UCLA emeritus professor and pioneer in Asian American studies

Don Nakanishi, a UCLA scholar who gained national recognition…

Root tale: A walking tour of the UCLA campus plants database

In 1966, when Wayne Dollase came to UCLA as an assistant professor…

UCLA mourns the passing of Nobel laureate Lloyd Shapley, 92

Shapley was widely considered one of the fathers of game theory.…

From wrongfully jailed to artist, activist and UCLA professor

A new professor in UCLA’s African-American Studies department…

UCLA sociologist approaches modern Iran from ‘best of both worlds’

Perhaps Kevan Harris’ greatest good fortune was to arrive in…

Antarctica could be headed for major meltdown

In the early Miocene Epoch, temperatures were 10 degrees warmer…

Uphill battle for California’s native plant species

Invasive species have moved faster than native species, colonizing…