physics

UCLA physicists have developed a new film that requires much less of the rare thorium-229 and is significantly less radioactive.

In practice and in scholarship, magic continues to intrigue and inspire students, faculty and staff throughout UCLA. Here are a few quick glimpses behind the glamour.

The researchers have published studies that are cited most often by other scholars in their fields.

While the result is different from what they hoped, it’s also exactly what they thought it should be.

The findings could unlock the most accurate clock ever and allow advances like deep space navigation, communication.

Zvi Bern, a theoretical physicist, and Leonard Kleinrock, one of the early pioneers of the internet, were recognized for their distinguished original research.

Six faculty members and researchers are conducting projects from Botswana to Japan, expanding and deepening the university’s global engagement.

The quantum innovation hub will produce advances in computing, sensing and other areas while training a new workforce for the burgeoning field.

Physicists, engineers and materials scientists will partner with hubs led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of Rochester.

The professor researches radioactive contaminant control programs and calibration techniques to improve sensitivity of dark matter detectors.

UCLA’s newest honorees are Miguel García-Garibay, Leonid Kruglyak, Gary Segura and Min Zhou.

This use of mechanical force helps B cells confront new pathogens and remember them while continuing to combat other threats.​​​​

The honorees are Michael Berry, Scott Cummings, Prineha Narang, Alex Purves and Michael Rothberg.

A study by UCLA physicists overcame the effects of Earth’s gravity, simulating conditions on other planets and stars.

UCLA scientists have discovered that minerals were being produced through reactions with water more than 4.5 billion years ago.

Donna Elbert’s predictions about planetary magnetic fields deserve recognition, say UCLA researchers who have built on her work.

Scientists have developed small molecules that protect the “quantumness” of qubits, an innovative step that could help to scale up processing power.

Thanks to the physicist’s expertise, the LUX-ZEPLIN has begun its hunt for the universe’s most elusive particles.

UCLA-led research on a white dwarf 86 light-years from Earth sheds light on the systemic chaos that occurs when a star dies.

The UCLA professor speaks about why even non-scientists should be intrigued by space research and how the new organization will foster scholarly collaboration.

Alumnus of UCLA’s design media arts program shares the inspiration behind some of his awe-inspiring projects.

The rapid downpours, which can affect satellites and space travel, result from whistler waves affecting Earth’s magnetosphere, scientists say.

A new pilot program aims to help low-income, first-generation and historically underrepresented students pursue graduate studies and research careers.

The UCLA-led research could revise a 70-year-old model of how the fundamental building blocks of substances are assembled.

The center, co-led by UCLA and headquartered at the University of Colorado, Boulder, is developing the microscopes of tomorrow.