University of California Los Angeles
Chewing gum releases microplastics into your saliva, research shows
Regular gum chewers could potentially be ingesting tens of thousands of microplastic particles a year.
The cognitive benefits of speaking multiple languages
Improvements extend to non-autistic children in multilingual households.
Breathtaking images of gamma-ray flare from supermassive black hole M87
The jet is tens of millions of times larger than the black hole’s event horizon.
Physicists accurately measured the mass of the W boson
While the result is different from what they hoped, it’s also exactly what they thought it should be.
New method to cool buildings while saving energy
A low-cost approach regulates heat with common building materials that absorb or radiate heat.
Advanced optical computing tech promises to enhance data processing and encryption
A major advancement in optical computing technology.
Raising the energy state of an atom’s nucleus using a laser
Nuclear spectroscopy breakthrough could rewrite the fundamental constants of nature.
Our infant solar system had to have been doughnut-shaped
Iron meteorite helps unravel the mystery of our solar system's birth.
Researchers watch catalyst during electrochemical reaction for the first time
Findings could enable advances in sustainable energy production, industry, and design.
UCLA to build world’s largest ocean-based carbon removal plant
It will be able to remove 10 metric tons of CO2 and produce 300 kg of hydrogen daily.
Measuring and controlling interactions between magnetic ripples
Toward ultrafast magnetism-based computers.
Scientists created 3D maps of the next-generation alloys
3D atomic details of next-generation alloys.
Nanowire ‘brain’ network learns and remembers ‘on the fly’
Critical step passed for developing agile, low-energy machine intelligence.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation shows promising results for post-stroke ataxia
Case represents first use of bilateral TMS to treat post-stroke cerebellar ataxia.
An engineered compound prevents bone loss in space
Mice treated aboard the International Space Station showed significantly reduced bone loss.
Scientists identified genes linked to the high production of crucial antibody
A step toward new antibody-based treatments and improvements in the effectiveness of cell therapies.
UCLA research reveals the true shape of lithium for the first time
Fundamental discoveries and new techniques could lead to better, safer rechargeable batteries.
The Campi Flegrei volcano’s crust is weakening
The Campi Flegrei volcano in southern Italy is weakening and potentially erupting.
Astrophysicists confirm the existence of the faintest galaxy ever seen
The small, distant galaxy JD1 is typical of the kind that burned through hydrogen left over from the Big Bang.
Communities of color are vulnerable to the effects of rising seas
Rising seas threaten to flood hundreds of toxic sites.
Artificial Intelligence can be used to create a tsunami early warning system
Early warnings for tsunamis are difficult due to underwater earthquakes.
A new mRNA treatment could completely cure a peanut allergy
It could provide a platform to fight other allergies, and autoimmune disorders.
Excess death gap widens between US and Europe
A new analysis shows that, compared to similarly high-income European countries, the US continues to have substantially higher death rates at all but the...
Scientists reproduced a gravity field- 1,000 times stronger than Earth’s gravity
The study overcomes the effects of Earth’s gravity, replicating conditions on other planets, stars.
Ryugu asteroid could help us learn about how the solar system formed
Understanding the chemical composition of our solar system as it existed in its infancy.
Study unveils obscure heat transfer behaviors
Discovery shows heat movement slowing down under extreme pressure instead of speeding up.
New durable material for flexible artificial muscle
Discovery also paves way for robots and wearable devices that mimic natural motion.
A 4 billion-year-old enormous comet is heading our way
The comet is more than twice the width of Rhode Island.