Common opioid is not that effective for easing chronic pain, study finds
Tramadol, a potent synthetic opioid, has been widely used to treat moderate to severe pain, but a new…
AI Capex Boom: Payoff Uncertain for Infrastructure, Data Center Wars
When Sriram Krishnan, a senior White House policy advisor on artificial intelligence, appeared onstage at an event in…
The remaining glaciers of California’s Sierra Nevada are vanishing
For as long as there have been people in what is now California, the granite peaks of the…
Contributor: The internet made us stupid. AI promises to make it worse
Floating along on my bicycle on a daydream of a country road, up behind me came a man…
Experts call for cutting water use along Colorado River
The Colorado River’s massive reservoirs are now so depleted that another dry year could send them plunging to…
Drying and water depletion bring deepening crisis around the world
For more than two decades, satellites have tracked the total amounts of water held in glaciers, ice sheets,…
How many giraffe species are in Africa? New scientific analysis quadruples the count
Giraffes are a majestic sight in Africa with their long necks and distinctive spots. Now it turns out…
Salton Sea less to blame for Coachella, Imperial air pollution
For years, millions of dollars have poured into controlling dust that wafts off the exposed lake shoreline of…
Trump administration must restore hundreds of UCLA research grants, federal judge rules
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore hundreds of suspended UCLA science research grants,…
How UCLA’s research faculty is grappling with Trump funding freeze
Their medical research focuses on potentially lifesaving breakthroughs in cancer treatment, and developing tools to more easily diagnose…