From Africa to the U.S.: Giving back by making math possible
Professor Wilfrid Gangbo finds inspiration in uplifting his fellow Black mathematicians, past and present.
Division of Physical Sciences
Summer BRIDGE Program Prepares for its Second Year
This program for low-income, first generation, and underrepresented minority students welcomes incoming freshmen to the Division of Physical Sciences.
Creating a new model for heat wave trends
Assistant Professor of Statistics and the Environment Karen McKinnon earned the National Science Foundation’s CAREER award for her work studying the trends in the intensity of extreme heat events.
Transforming Data into Empathy
Statistics and Data Science Helped Me Build a Mental Health app and turn Personal Challenges into a Force for Change
Chemistry, Crystals, and Quantum Science
This landmark research represents a major step in the growth of solid-state chemistry and, in turn, new applications of quantum science research.
How to Study Water on the Moon
UCLA Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Professor Hao Cao wins grant from NASA to develop new technology for extended use on the lunar surface.
A New Mathematical Modeling to Produce Capillaries
Professor Marcus Roper and recent grad Yujia Qi used zebra fish embryo for their work. Previous models had treated blood as a homogeneous fluid, and could not make any network that contained loops, even one as simple as the zebrafish’s.
‘Your voice matters too’: UCLA’s AJ Addae on the need for young Black scientists in the cosmetics industry
Addae, the child of immigrants from Ghana, and her company have continued to work with a variety of independent and mainstream cosmetics lines to develop products — including brands carried at Sephora and Target.
A major step toward ultrafast magnetism-based computers
The achievement could be a step toward computer memory using ultrafast phenomena that happen on the order of billionths of a second.
Biology’s Lost Children
What are viruses, really? And where did they come from? UCLA’s Chemistry and Biochemistry department is pushing the boundaries of virology, and helping to answer that question once and for all.