Division of Physical Sciences

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.

Novel AI Model Brings Together Computational and Medical Science

Professor Ying Nian Wu and his colleagues designed two new approaches to better optimize drug design

HRL Laboratories and UCLA Researcher Awarded Grant to Advance Quantum Computing

Collaboration aims to scale-up silicon-based quantum processors

UCLA acquires L.A.’s former Westside Pavilion to transform empty mall into the UCLA Research Park

With the acquisition, UCLA will create an engine of innovation, discovery and economic growth for Southern California and beyond.

Professor David Saltzberg Wins American Physical Society’s Instrumentation Award

Saltzberg was honored for his work on detection of high energy neutrinos using radio waves.

Exploring Your Universe Continues to Excite Local Students

The event, now in its 14th year, drew large crowds of K-12 students from across the LA area