Humans and finches may be birds of a feather when it comes to learning how to speak and sing. According to UCLA researchers, similarities between how humans learn to speak and songbirds learn to sing may be rooted in shared genes. Read more...

A bottle of Lysol can’t make a dent in the bacterial colonies teeming in trillions of numbers around us, on us and even in us. The ability of bacteria to exist in practically every imaginable environment on Earth makes them an integral part of life and a necessity we cannot wash away. Read more...

UCLA E-Week features events, activities, Idol The Engineering Society of UCLA and engineering student groups will be holding events for the annual UCLA Engineers Week this week. Read more...

A team of UCLA graduate student researchers is working to eliminate a variety of security and privacy problems by creating a portable device that would identify users by their thumbprints. Read more...

Booze, firewater, grandpa’s cough syrup, the reason my girlfriend left me ““ alcohol has been around for thousands of years and earned notoriety for nearly as many reasons. Read more...

The greatly polarized debate over genetically modified foods has labeled the crops as either public health saviors or ecological time bombs. Genetically modifying a food by transplanting foreign DNA has the potential to increase food production and the nutritional value of the food supply. Read more...

Drug improves treatment for juvenile diabetes A new drug, based on the findings of a UCLA study, may help halt the progression of type I diabetes. Read more...