An important ruling in a licensing case has affirmed UCLA’s commitment to fair business practices and the speedy commercialization of university technologies for the benefit of the public. Judge John E. Munter of the Superior Court of San Francisco last month granted a summary adjudication in favor...

Researchers at UCLA say it’s not just what you eat that makes those pants tighter — it’s also genetics. In a new study, scientists discovered that body-fat responses to a typical fast-food diet are determined in large part by genetic factors, and they have identified several genes they...

Two cardiology investigators from the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have been awarded grants totaling more than $6 million from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state’s stem cell agency. The young physician–scientists,...

Entertainment executive and philanthropist David Geffen has established an unprecedented $100 million scholarship fund that will cover the entire cost of education for the very best medical students attending the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The school was named in his honor after his $200...

Click image to enlarge Are you allergic to peanuts and worried there might be some in that cookie? Now you can find out using a rather unlikely source: your cell phone. A team of researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science has developed a lightweight device called...

Lloyd Shapley UCLA emeritus professor of economics Lloyd Shapley accepted the award Monday known officially as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Professor Shapley shared the 2012 prize with Alvin E. Roth of Harvard. Professor Shapley received his Nobel diploma...