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Image of smartwatch developed at UCLA that assesses cortisol levels found in sweatYichao Zhao and Zhaoqing Wang/UCLA

Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA measures key stress hormone

Editor's note: This breakthrough by UCLA College researchers…
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Days with hazardous levels of air pollutants are more common due to increase in wildfires

In Western U.S., health risks from ground-level ozone and fine…
A microscope image of HIV particlesA. Harrison and Dr. P. Feorino/CDC

UCLA-led team refines ‘kick and kill’ strategy aimed at eliminating HIV-infected cells

Study in mice could point toward method for clearing virus…
A meeting between citizens and members of the municipal police in Medellín, Colombia.

In developing countries, no quick fix for strengthening police–civilian relations

Study co-led by UCLA’s Graeme Blair finds community policing…
Image of smoke from a 2019 Northern California wildfire, seen by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.Photo credit: NASA

Increasingly frequent wildfires linked to human-caused climate change, UCLA-led study finds

By Stuart Wolpert Research by scientists from UCLA and…
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UCLA faculty lead multicampus effort to highlight Indigenous voices

Centering Tribal Stories will train University of California…
Image of two people planting an ebony sapling

UCLA’s Congo Basin Institute receives $1 million from Bob and Cindy Taylor

By Jonathan Riggs In line with his long-standing commitment…
Picture of Maurice Caldwell.

‘I could be killed at any time’: The anguish of being wrongfully convicted of murder

By Stuart Wolpert Maurice Caldwell spent 20 years in prison…
Photo of Tori Schmitt visiting Autun Cathedral in France.

Reconstructing What Was

By Jonathan Riggs Founded early in the sixth century,…