U.S. Civil War illustrates costs and benefits of diversity

Diversity can create many outcomes, say two UCLA economists who…
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Discover magazine names two UCLA faculty among "brightest people alive"

Mathematics professor Terence Tao and assistant professor of…
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Plate tectonics started over 4 billion years ago, geochemists report

A new picture of the early Earth is emerging, including the surprising…
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Two UCLA students named Rhodes Scholars for 2009

A UCLA senior and a recent graduate have been chosen as winners…
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Extinct sabertooth cats were social, found strength in numbers

The sabertooth cat, one of the most iconic extinct mammals, was…
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Online bullying: A Common Problem

Nearly three in four teenagers say they were bullied online at…
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UCLA mathematicians discover 13-million digit prime number

The team identified the first Mersenne prime number with more…
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UCLA astronomer Andrea Ghez named MacArthur Fellow

Professor of physics and astronomy Andrea Ghez on Tuesday was…
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Study offers new insights into teenagers, anxiety disorders

Can scientists predict who will develop anxiety disorders years…
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Unique nanoscale droplets have cancer-fighting potential

The droplets produced by UCLA scientists are much smaller than…
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Scientists solve 30-year-old aurora borealis mystery

UCLA space scientists and colleagues have identified the mechanism…
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New U.S. Poet Laureate is two-time UCLA Graduate

Kay Ryan, who July 17 was named the poet laureate of the United…
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