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Professor’s latest book examines the history of cities

The only thing a person really needs to be an archaeologist…
4d graphic rendering of iron-platinum nanoparticle

Atomic motion is captured in 4D for the first time

Results of UCLA-led study contradict a long-held classical…
Photo of baby laughing

Babies Know the Difference between the Laughter of Friends and Strangers

Five-month-olds may use chuckles to identify information about…
Student researchers on the beach hold up water samples for the camera
New simulations suggest that carbon (C) routinely bonded with iron (Fe), silicon (Si) and oxygen (O) deep within the magma ocean that covered Earth when it was young.

New insights about carbon and ice could clarify inner workings of Earth, other planets

  Most people behave differently when under extreme…
Meredith Cohen

Professor Meredith Cohen Discusses Rebuilding and Restoring Notre Dame Cathedral

Feelings of grief and despair were felt across the globe…
Jo Anne Van Tilburg, right, and Cristián Arévalo Pakarati

The stone faces and human problems on Easter Island

Archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg continues to seek insight…
Divers survey submersible cages used to farm cobia off the coast of Puerto Rico. UCLA researchers conducted the first country-by-country evaluation of the potential for marine aquaculture under current policies and practices.

Will ocean seafood farming sink or swim? UCLA study evaluates its potential

  Seafood farming in the ocean — or marine aquaculture…

Best in snow: New scientific device creates electricity from snowfall

UCLA researchers and colleagues have designed a new device…
Photo of UCLA professor Kent Hill and graduate student Stephanie DeMarco

Scientists identify a key gene in the transmission of deadly African sleeping sickness

  Life scientists from UCLA and the University of…