Bye, ELFIN: As UCLA’s first student-built satellites meet their fiery demise, the science lives on
Two CubeSats monitoring space radiation since 2018 have returned to Earth as shooting stars, next generation is coming.
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Making lab-grown brain organoids ‘brainier’
A UCLA-led team has discovered that using early-stage stem cells is a key to producing structures that are reliable models of disease.
How a UCLA fish scientist helped the alien in Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ seem terrifyingly real
Doctoral student Kelsi Rutledge helped make “Jean Jacket” scientifically plausible.
Genomic analysis reveals true origin of South America’s canids
The continent’s diverse species all evolved very rapidly from a single ancestral population, a UCLA-led study shows.
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.
‘Glass bubble’ nanocarrier boosts effects of combination therapy for pancreatic cancer
When two drugs were delivered in one nanoparticle rather than separately, the treatment worked better in mice.
First underground radar images from Mars Perseverance rover reveal some surprises
The rover’s RIMFAX instrument, co-led by UCLA’s David Paige, has found unexpectedly tilted rock layers beneath the Jezero crater.
Remote heart rate sensors can be biased against darker skin. A UCLA team offers a solution
By combining two technologies, camera and radar, researchers boosted accuracy across a diverse range of skin tones.
How a UCLA team smashed government targets for hydrogen fuel cell performance
By wrapping platinum-alloy crystals in tiny graphene “nanopockets,” scientists generated far more catalytic activity and power than expected.
UCLA scientists bring cultured meat closer to your kitchen table
Led by Amy Rowat, researchers have invented ‘edible microcarriers’ that could reduce the expense, time and waste required to produce cultured meat.
Female monkeys with female friends live longer
UCLA professor Susan Perry and her team of researchers reveal their findings on capuchin monkeys and social integration.
Program primes students to tackle real-world urban sustainability issues
More than 60 graduate students have received training through the NSF-funded INFEWS initiative at UCLA.
UCLA-led study could be step toward cheaper hydrogen-based energy
Researchers have devised a method for more quickly predicting the performance of potential catalysts in fuel cells.
Can computers understand complex words and concepts?
Research by UCLA, MIT and NIH scientists finds that a machine learning system organizes knowledge in a “very intuitive structure.”
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.
Well, I see it differently!
UCLA psychologist Matthew Lieberman explains why people don’t perceive the world the same way others do.
UCLA professor Roger Ulrich shares Kavli Prize in astrophysics
The honor recognizes his foundational studies in the fields of helio- and asteroseismology.
$5 million from Boeing will support UCLA quantum science and technology research
The funds will support faculty at the UCLA Center for Quantum Science and Engineering.
3 UCLA faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences for 2022
Dr. E. Dale Abel, Robert Bjork and Rosa Matzkin were honored for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
UCLA-developed technology enables single-cell sorting by function
The advance could have implications for drug development and biological research.
UCLA-led team creates first comprehensive map of human blood stem cell development
The study could eventually lead to more treatment options for leukemia, sickle cell disease and other conditions.
4 billion-year-old relic from early solar system heading our way
The comet could be as large as 85 miles across but is not a threat, according to UCLA professor David Jewitt.
Ready for mission to International Space Station, alumna Jessica Watkins reflects on her journey so far
The astronaut, who earned a doctorate from UCLA in 2015, will be the first Black woman to complete a long-term mission on the ISS.
UCLA, JPL scientists observe mysterious death of a star emitting six rings
A red giant called V Hya is undergoing rapid evolution as it ends its life in a blaze of glory before shutting down energy production.