A UCLA professor of chemistry will bring in a new wave of leadership at the California NanoSystems Institute. Last week, Chancellor Albert Carnesale appointed Fraser Stoddart the new director for CNSI. Read more...

The Fowler Museum of Cultural History’s “Ecce Homology” is one exhibit that has a science behind the art. A late addition to the Fowler’s multi-faceted exhibition called “From the Verandah: Art, Buddhism, Presence,” “Ecce Homology” uses Asia’s staple crop to explore the genomic relationships that give form and function to both humans and rice. Read more...

It is a tragic tale of loving something to death. The white abalone, a creature that once blanketed the rocky waters of southern California, is now on the brink of extinction. Read more...

After nearly a century of fire suppression, it turns out Smokey the Bear was wrong ““ we should not be preventing forest fire after all. On the contrary, science advocates fighting fire with fire ““ using intentional, controlled burning as a method of wildfire prevention. Read more...

An insect no bigger than a peanut is partly responsible for the destruction of trees hundreds of years old in the Lake Arrowhead area. The bark beetle, native to the area, has been taking advantage of trees weakened by drought and high temperatures. Read more...

A UCLA researcher working with a team of astronomers has determined that the asteroid Hermes, recently spotted for the first time since 1937, is in fact two separate rocks travelling on an orbit around the sun. Read more...

Nurses nationwide looking to quit smoking will soon have a resource available to them thanks to a UCLA School of Nursing professor and a $1.8 million grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Read more...