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FREE TECH FAIR @ The Santa Monica Library

May 17, 2017

May 17, 2017

Technology moves at a quick pace, and sometimes keeping up with the latest and greatest gadgets can be difficult. On...

Marching For Science

April 28, 2017

April 28, 2017

Thousands of Westsiders hit the Downtown LA streets Saturday for the Los Angeles March for Science that was part of...

LA County Test Scores Improve Slightly

August 24, 2016

August 24, 2016

Los Angeles County students showed slight improvement in math and English testing compared to last year, and they performed roughly...

First female named dean of college of science and engineering at LMU

March 6, 2015

March 6, 2015

A chemistry professor was named the 11th dean of the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering at Loyola...

UCLA and UC San Diego scientists report that new imaging system provides more data on prostate cancer

January 6, 2015

January 6, 2015

Scientists at UCLA and UC San Diego reported today that a new imaging system is providing more precise data on...

New UCLA research institute hopes to improve health care

December 16, 2014

December 16, 2014

A new research institute at UCLA hopes to use “big data” and mathematical models to improve health care and minimize...

First-of-its-kind surface texture invented at UCLA

November 30, 2014

November 30, 2014

A surface texture that is impervious to all liquids, no matter what the surface is made of, has been invented...

Unattended chemical mixture explodes at USC, hazmat crews conduct cleanup

November 1, 2014

November 1, 2014

Mixed chemicals left unattended by a student exploded in a building at USC on Friday, and although no one was...

UCLA scientists release immune system-related gene study

October 30, 2014

October 30, 2014

UCLA scientists have shown that two genes not previously known to be involved with the immune system play a crucial...

Scripps Research scientists to bring biomedical labs to USC, aid in new health-science facility

October 23, 2014

October 23, 2014

A pair of Scripps Research Institute scientists will bring their biomedical labs to USC and anchor the work that will...