UCLA honored as a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for 2023–24
Six faculty members and researchers are conducting projects from Botswana to Japan, expanding and deepening the university’s global engagement.
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The UCLA Research Park: Quantum science and engineering
The quantum innovation hub will produce advances in computing, sensing and other areas while training a new workforce for the burgeoning field.
UCLA joins $42 million Department of Energy hubs to advance fusion energy
Physicists, engineers and materials scientists will partner with hubs led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of Rochester.
UCLA: A Space Odyssey
Since 1963, eight Bruins have flown into space. Today, UCLA scientists are creating a new constellation of Bruin brilliance.
The Odyssey Continues ...
A Nobel Prize winner, a tribute to Walt Cunningham, a new space medicine fellowship and more.
Alvine Kamaha receives American Physical Society award
The professor researches radioactive contaminant control programs and calibration techniques to improve sensitivity of dark matter detectors.
David Leibrandt receives Moore Foundation award to push the boundaries of particle physics
The five-year, $1.25 million grant will fund research that could help solve a longstanding problem called the symmetry violation.
4 faculty members inducted into National Academy of Sciences for 2023
UCLA’s newest honorees are Miguel García-Garibay, Leonid Kruglyak, Gary Segura and Min Zhou.
Biological bouncers: How immune cells yank antigens from surfaces to learn and evolve
This use of mechanical force helps B cells confront new pathogens and remember them while continuing to combat other threats.
5 UCLA professors receive 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships
The honorees are Michael Berry, Scott Cummings, Prineha Narang, Alex Purves and Michael Rothberg.
Edward Wright named American Astronomical Society fellow
The professor, who started teaching at UCLA in 1981, is being honored for his contributions to two NASA missions.
Zvi Bern receives Galileo Galilei Medal
The distinguished professor and his two collaborators were recognized for their contributions to theoretical physics.
How a 3 cm glass sphere could help scientists understand space weather
A study by UCLA physicists overcame the effects of Earth’s gravity, simulating conditions on other planets and stars.
How was the solar system formed? The Ryugu asteroid is helping us learn
UCLA scientists have discovered that minerals were being produced through reactions with water more than 4.5 billion years ago.
Her work helped her boss win the Nobel Prize. Now the spotlight is on her
Donna Elbert’s predictions about planetary magnetic fields deserve recognition, say UCLA researchers who have built on her work.
UCLA-led team develops new approach for building quantum computers
Scientists have developed small molecules that protect the “quantumness” of qubits, an innovative step that could help to scale up processing power.
How UCLA’s Alvine Kamaha helped build the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector
Thanks to the physicist’s expertise, the LUX-ZEPLIN has begun its hunt for the universe’s most elusive particles.
Dead star’s cannibalism of its planetary system is most far-reaching ever witnessed
UCLA-led research on a white dwarf 86 light-years from Earth sheds light on the systemic chaos that occurs when a star dies.
Q&A: Space physicist Jacob Bortnik on the new UCLA SPACE Institute
The UCLA professor speaks about why even non-scientists should be intrigued by space research and how the new organization will foster scholarly collaboration.
Digital Prometheus: Artist Refik Anadol imbues artificial intelligence with creativity
Alumnus of UCLA’s design media arts program shares the inspiration behind some of his awe-inspiring projects.
UCLA researchers discover source of super-fast ‘electron rain’
The rapid downpours, which can affect satellites and space travel, result from whistler waves affecting Earth’s magnetosphere, scientists say.
UCLA, partners win Department of Energy grant to boost diversity in field of nuclear physics
A new pilot program aims to help low-income, first-generation and historically underrepresented students pursue graduate studies and research careers.
3D imaging study reveals how atoms are packed in amorphous materials
The UCLA-led research could revise a 70-year-old model of how the fundamental building blocks of substances are assembled.
STROBE nano-imaging center receives $22.5 million renewal from NSF
The center, co-led by UCLA and headquartered at the University of Colorado, Boulder, is developing the microscopes of tomorrow.
‘Surfing’ particles: Physicists solve a mystery surrounding aurora borealis
Scientists confirm that electrons responsible for the northern lights hitch a ride on electromagnetic waves streaming toward Earth at up to 45 million mph.