Tag Archive for: research

Moon was produced by a head-on collision between Earth and a forming planet

The moon was formed by a violent, head-on collision between the…

Paul Terasaki, 86, transplant medicine pioneer, philanthropist, UCLA faculty member and alumnus

Paul Ichiro Terasaki, who spent three years with his family in…

Dog domestication may have increased harmful genetic changes, UCLA biologists report

Domesticating dogs from gray wolves more than 15,000 years ago…

Crowning 60 Years of Support and Advocacy

Marcia Howard ’54 considers UCLA her second home – no great…

Faculty couple helps foster sense of community in their department

Distinguished professor of paleobiology J. William “Bill”…

Is seeing believing? People are surprisingly bad at identifying where sights and sounds originate

“We tend to view our senses as flawless and think that to see…

Cryo-electron microscope research reveals structure and mechanism of Bluetongue virus

Bluetongue disease is a viral infection that has killed approximately…

UCLA students seek to counter extremism in a ‘radically different’ public diplomacy course

As the public grapples with images of violent extremism advocated…

Why are some wild animals more tolerant to human interaction than others?

Over time, some species become more tolerant of humans’ presence,…

Anthropology alumna’s gift makes research travel a reality for the department’s graduate students

A UCLA alumna who has spent much of her life galloping around…