The drill press screamed as a student punched holes in what looked like a large, spiked dog's collar. Read more...

On a cloudy Hawaiian night on the summit of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano in the Pacific, 11 people watched as the largest fully operational telescope in the world pointed toward the Read more...

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courtesy of IAN McLEAN
UCLA physics and astronomy professor Ian McLean is the project leader of MOSFIRE, which has built an instrument to study early, distant galaxies.

A team of UCLA researchers has found a genetic engineering technique that suppresses the HIV virus in mice, an encouraging step toward potentially fighting the disease in humans, researchers said. Read more...

Officials are assessing the extent of damage caused by a ruptured underground water main near the Court of Sciences Student Center early Tuesday morning, which sent a flood of water into surrounding buildings. Read more...

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A bulldozer dumps dirt into a hole near the Court of Sciences Student Center where a water main burst Tuesday around 4:30 a.m.