Tucked between a video store and a Westwood parking lot, UCLA physicists are assembling the parts to a machine that may help explain why your pizza doesn’t fall through the table when you set it down to read this newspaper. Read more...

Robotic surgery has stepped out of science fiction and into reality. On Aug. 30, UCLA announced the opening of the Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology. Read more...

The Urban Simulation Team at UCLA is making it possible for people to drive, walk or even fly through Los Angeles without the hassle of traffic, all from the convenience of their personal computers. Read more...

UCLA students are taking field trips to the cathedrals in Spain and into the microscopic world of molecules ““ all while sitting comfortably in their seats here on campus. Read more...

Lauren Behlmer is one of 17 million people suffering from diabetes in the United States. She injects herself with insulin and checks her blood sugar up to four times per day, calling it a “pain, but necessary” for her survival. Read more...

UCLA psychiatrists are using brain waves to predict their patients’ futures. A new study conducted by researchers at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute suggests that doctors may be able to analyze a clinically depressed patient’s brain wave activity. Read more...

Researchers at UCLA have taken an old method from a common spider and spun it into a new idea for creating stronger materials. The idea was to copy the approach spiders use in spinning a web and to apply this to a method for creating stronger nano-sized fiber materials, according to Thomas Hahn, mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Frank Ko, a materials engineering professor from Drexel University. Read more...