The science of sleep: A Q&A with neurology professor Ying-Hui Fu
July 25, 2017
From identifying how your genes want you to sleep to warding off Alzheimer's, learn the latest on shut-eye.
UCLA-led research offers clearest evidence yet of long-sought Majorana particle
July 25, 2017
Finding could provide the vehicle for carrying ‘qubits’ of data in quantum computing.
8.3 billion metric tons of plastic ... and counting
July 19, 2017
How did we create more tons of plastic than there are people on Earth?
Did life begin ... on land?
July 19, 2017
A paradigm-shifting hypothesis could reshape our idea about the origin of life.
Fighting balding and unwanted hair growth at the same time
July 18, 2017
Understanding how hair grows in coordination across our bodies may provide the key to controlling it.
Brain circuits that express depression successfully altered
July 18, 2017
Neuroscientists alleviate or reverse social withdrawal and helplessness behavior in a new study.
Does smelling food make you fat?
July 13, 2017
Fatty food made mice double their weight — unless they lacked a sense of smell.
California could get wetter this century
July 6, 2017
An analysis of 38 climate models suggests the state may want to break out its umbrella.
How grandparents' experiences can affect our genes
July 5, 2017
Roundworms may help us make sense of how DNA 'switches' are inherited.
The good news about mountain lions
June 21, 2017
Why we should be able to peacefully coexist with our four-legged neighbor.