science

More than 4,000 people swarmed the Court of Sciences and Kinsey Pavilion to participate in a scientific open house where children (and adults) could learn by observing and participating in dozens of live demos and experiments.

Flexible smartphone screens, room-illuminating curtains and nanodiamonds that deliver chemotherapy directly into tumors are among the innovations resulting from the joint work of UCLA and private industry.

For Old World primates, the variety and complexity of their facial colors and patterns play a major role in helping them identify members of their own species and communicate with one another.

Wolves were probably domesticated by European hunter–gatherers and gradually evolved into dogs that became household pets, a new study suggests.

The search for the elusive "God particle" was aided by a number of faculty members and their teams, who helped design and build the cutting-edge equipment and conduct research.

Randy Schekman is the seventh UCLA alumnus to win a Nobel Prize. Professors at UCLA remember him as a brilliant undergraduate with insights far beyond his years.

Some 150 years before game theory was used by superpowers during the Cold War, Austen mapped its strategies in all six of her novels, UCLA's Michael Suk-Young Chwe argues.

UCLA researchers test blood and saliva samples, compare bite marks and use claw swabs and traces of fur to track the family tree and the animals’ behavior.