Foxes on one of California’s Channel Islands have least genetic variation of all wild animals

UCLA biologists write that findings should help guide how endangered species are treated

UCLA psychologists lead study to shed light on how we process visual and aural information

Postdoctoral scholar, Brian Odegaard and Psychology professor, Ladan Shams recently published findings that shed light on how the brain combines sound and vision

UCLA Life Scientist, Lili Yang receives over $7.6M to genetically engineer immune cells to fight cancer

Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics assistant professor, Lili Yang, receives the largest of seven CIRM awards that support projects that will be ready to enter clinical trials in 30 months.

Women with impaired stress hormone before pregnancy have lower-birthweight babies

UCLA psychologists, Christine Guardino and Chris Dunkel Schetter, lead a recent study that finds cortisol level is a key predictor

Why people oppose same-sex marriage

UCLA psychology study– led by David Pinsof, lead author and Martie Haselton, senior author– points to self-interest as a leading cause

UCLA’s Science and Food lectures are returning for Spring 2016

UCLA Professor Amy Rowat's high-profile "Science and Food" series is back this Spring, with two events on March 8 and May 11– and a third one to be announced.

UCLA life scientists promote pathways to graduate studies for undergraduates from historically black colleges and universities

Life scientists– Paul Barber, Alexander Hoffmann, and Tracy Johnson– are leading research programs and promoting graduate studies for undergraduates from historically black colleges and universities.

“Primed” stem cells may be better for use in regenerative medicine

Professor Amander Clark and UCLA colleagues find that "naïve" stem cells, commonly used regenerative medicine studies today, are not as stable as "primed" stem cells.

Don’t use body mass index to determine whether people are healthy

A study led by A. Janet Tomiyama, an assistant professor of Psychology, finds that using BMI to gauge health incorrectly labels more than 54 million Americans as “unhealthy,” even though they are not.

UCLA study shows anti-bullying program focused on bystanders helps the students who need it most

Jaana Juvonen, professor of Psychology, leads a new study that shows that the most tormented children — can be helped by teaching bystanders to be more supportive