Inspired by creatures that survive in harsh environments, a UCLA team has invented a polymer with the potential to extend the shelf life and reach of medications.
Sparked by the national reckoning with racial justice, Samantha Mensah co-founded BlackInChem to help other students of color and women advance as chemists.
The veteran firefighter, who expects to earn his Ph.D. in chemistry in winter quarter, is using his knowledge to improve the health and safety of his colleagues.
Bruin Carly Daniels, who leads the Pfizer scientists developing vaccines for pneumonia and the coronavirus, always remembers that patients are waiting.