Joseph Chang sat in a small computer lab at the Angelus Plaza Senior Activity Center in downtown Los Angeles, typing out a letter written on paper towels.

Kyle Morton blindfolded himself and tried playing Sudoku.

Typical comforts of a therapist’s office, such as cushioned chairs and a tasteful painting, are present in Nicole Redzic’s office.

Matthew Marsden stands in front of a fume hood that pumps a layer of protective air between himself and his experiments and continuously draws the air inside through HEPA filters, self-sanitizing with UV light between experiments.

Witnessing the impact of industrialization on the natural scenery of his hometown on Canada’s eastern coast transformed Brian Walker-Esparza into an environmentalist at an early age.

Jaffa is a sleepy seaside town in Israel with a long-running past and an abundance of artifacts.

With the re-emergence of diseases like malaria and tuberculosis in the United States, the threat of disease outbreaks remains an ever-present concern.

UCLA physics and astronomy professors fondly recollect the space shuttle Challenger’s first landing from orbit ““ the crowds of half a million, the thundering noises and the desert heat.

In the coming years, no such memories will be made.

Patients of UCLA’s Kidney and Pancreas Transplant program have the highest odds of survival over a three-year period in the nation, according to a survey released last week.