Research

The findings could lead to the development of new therapies aimed at helping those patients who could benefit most from early intervention.

Attention, college students: Binging on soda and sweets between midterms and finals may make you stupid.

In the four years since historically low-performing Locke High School became a charter, student achievement levels have increased markedly.

NASA's UCLA-led mission to Vesta has yielded a trove of information -- and an appreciation for the protoplanet's mutli-colored, textured surface.

The society, founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, recognizes extraordinary achievements in science, letters and the arts.

With just two ingredients, microscopic triangles and entropy, the researchers created handedness out of un-handedness. "It's quite bizarre," they say.

By tracking the cells' synaptic activity in a Petri dish, the UCLA researchers hope to gain insight into a variety of disorders, including Lou Gehrig's disease.

The new game works on the assumption that large groups of non-experts can be trained to recognize the disease with the accuracy of trained pathologists.