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A photo of Lynn Vavreck.

UCLA political scientists launch one of largest-ever public opinion surveys for run-up to 2020

As the nation heads into another contentious presidential campaign,…

UCLA astronomer gets best look at first comet from outside our solar system

David Jewitt, a UCLA professor of planetary science and astronomy,…

UCLA receives $20 million to establish UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute

The Bedari Foundation, established by philanthropists Jennifer…

Study shows how serotonin and a popular anti-depressant affect the gut’s microbiota

A new study in mice led by UCLA biologists strongly suggests…

Minds Matter: Raising the Curtain on Depression and Anxiety

UCLA students, community members and supporters joined Cleveland…

Biochemists discover new insights into what may go awry in brains of people with Alzheimer’s

More than three decades of research on Alzheimer’s disease…
Photo of artist rendering of SO-2 star.

Einstein’s general relativity theory is questioned but still stands ‘for now,’ team reports

More than 100 years after Albert Einstein published his iconic…

Study finds cultural differences in attitudes toward infidelity, jealousy

In cultures where fathers are highly invested in the care…

Physical Sciences Dean Miguel García-Garibay has been elected a 2019 Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Miguel García-Garibay, dean of the UCLA Division of…
Photo of Richard Kaner, with Maher El-Kady, holding a replica of an energy storage and conversion device the pair developed.

Creating electricity from snowfall and making hydrogen cars affordable

Professor Richard Kaner and researcher Maher El-Kady have…