Formerly conjoined twins Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez remain in serious condition, an upgrade from critical condition they were in after the separation surgery. Read more...

UCLA recently negotiated a new agreement with Network Associates, Inc., to continue the availability of McAfee antivirus software free of charge to UCLA departments, faculty and students. Read more...

A team of UCLA engineers have taken an old spray-cooling method and applied it to silicon-based transistors. The result is a new method to cool down powerful transistors like those found in electric cars, aircraft, radar stations and personal computers. Read more...

Since its discovery almost a decade ago, the believed benefits of the “anti-obesity hormone” called leptin has fluctuated back and forth. The hormone first caused a stir when scientists announced they could cause fat mice to lose weight by injecting them with the weight-regulating hormone. Read more...

Botanical garden’s new attractions The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA opened its new hummingbird and butterfly pollination bed on Aug. 10. The new exhibit, located on the north end of the 8-acre garden, features perennial plants, daisies and tubular flowers of various sorts. Read more...

Doctors remain “cautiously optimistic” about the condition of Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez, who remain in critical but stable condition with vital signs in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital in Westwood. Read more...

Medicine has come a long way since the 1940s. Back then, even a simple infected cut could be life-threatening. Then the discovery of penicillin and a number of other antibiotics changed this. Read more...