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Celebrate Star Trek Day the Bruin way
Sept. 8 is the anniversary of the TV show’s debut. We asked 2 UCLA scholars to talk about the generation-spanning galactic phenomenon.
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Does this number make me look fat?
In a new study, UCLA psychologists confirmed that lower jersey numbers make football players look thinner.
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Study could help explain why certain brain tumors don’t respond well to immunotherapy
Immune checkpoint blockade has been ineffective for treating glioblastoma; UCLA-led research may reveal why.
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UCLA-led climate projects receive $7.5 million in state-funded grants from UC
Efforts will aim to boost EV use, energy storage, firefighter safety and the well-being of migrant workers.
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Could insights from ants help people build better transportation networks?
UCLA biologists found that the insects’ nests reflect the way they work together — or don’t — to forage for food.
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Birds living at UCLA were less afraid of humans after the pandemic closure
After a year with little human interaction, dark-eyed juncos were surprisingly more comfortable with people once campus life returned to normal.
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Organic chem for kids? UCLA program immerses youngsters in notoriously challenging subject
By the end of the program, more than 90% of campers said they believed other children their age could learn organic chemistry.
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Stratospheric cooling: The concerning flip side of global warming
UCLA-led research finds human-generated greenhouse gases are responsible for the troubling changes in the upper atmosphere.
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Human-set fires 13,000 years ago led to extinction of megafauna in Southern California
Research by UCLA and La Brea Tar Pits scientists upends theory that saber-toothed cats, other large mammals were hunted out of existence.
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Immunotherapy drug combo helps extend lives of people with metastatic melanoma
The finding is from a multicenter study co-led by Dr. Antoni Ribas and a team of UCLA researchers.