Tag Archive for: research

Technique from biology helps explain the evolution of the American car
Borrowing a technique that biologists might use to study the…

$11 million gift establishes Mani L. Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical Physics at UCLA
An $11 million gift to UCLA from physicist and philanthropist…

Using big data, scientists discover biomarkers that could help give cancer patients better survival estimates
People with cancer are often told by their doctors approximately…

UC regents appoint Dr. Owen Witte University Professor
Dr. Owen Witte, renowned scientist and esteemed member of UCLA’s…

Miguel GarcÃa-Garibay named dean of UCLA Division of Physical Sciences
Now a renowned scholar and chair of the UCLA Department of Chemistry…

Blaire Van Valkenburgh appointed Inaugural Donald R. Dickey Chair in Vertebrate Biology
Professor Blaire Van Valkenburgh, an internationally renown…

Archaeologists and geographers team to predict locations of ancient Buddhist sites
In a study published this week in Current Science, archaeologist Monica…

Astronomers confirm faintest early-universe galaxy ever seen
An international team of scientists, including two professors…

A media-savvy celeb, Trump knows how to get coverage, journalists say
Donald Trump is a political phenomenon, a man extremely adept…

Jared Diamond: A dispassionate look at religion over the course of history
Jared Diamond, UCLA’s Pulitzer Prize-winning professor of geography…