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The bacteria found naturally in the digestive tract do a lot more than help digest food.Scientists have established that these microbial communities are also involved with the immune system and play a role in mental health. Now, they can…

Dr. Gerardo Moreno, chair of the UCLA Department of Family Medicine and a professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. The distinction is among the highest honors in the…

UCLA received $692 million in new gifts and pledges in the fiscal year ending June 30, representing the largest annual tally of philanthropic support since the close of the Centennial Campaign. Donors from all 50 U.S. states and 60…

A new genomic study by UCLA biologists shows that whaling in the 20th century destroyed 99% of the Eastern North Pacific fin whale breeding, or “effective,” population — 29% more than previously thought. But there is also some good news:…

UCLA alumnus Ronald A. Katz, an inventor and entrepreneur who for more than 50 years has helped to advance UCLA’s mission through his wide-ranging philanthropic giving and volunteer service, was honored Sept. 27 with the Fiat Lux Award,…

Because literature and film so often depict nature as inherently unfair, people assume that animals live in a “dog-eat-dog world.” Inequality might seem like an inevitable fact of life, but a new analysis of data for 66 species of mammals…

UCLA School of Law has launched Promise Europe, an institute dedicated to advancing the study, teaching and advocacy of international human rights policy and law at a time when the world needs it most. Located in The Hague, Netherlands, …

The Federal Highway Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation, has awarded a five-year $7.5 million grant to establish the Center of Excellence on New Mobility and Automated Vehicles at UCLA. The award from the…

President Joe Biden this morning presented UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Psychology Shelley Taylor with the prestigious National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony. Established by Congress in 1959 and…

Time magazine has named the carbon-removal Equatic process developed at UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management one of the best inventions of 2023 in the sustainability category. Formerly known as Project SeaChange, the Equatic technology…