Radar Echoes From Europa Reveal Secrets Beneath the Ice
UCLA researchers, in collaboration with the NSF Green Bank Telescope and NASA Goldstone radar set new bounds on how far radar can see into Europa’s frozen shell
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UCLA Statistics & Data Science Secures $2 Million NSF Award to Train Future Leaders in AI, Biotechnology and Data Science
The Research Training Group award will support graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and new educational programs as the department continues its rise among the nation’s top programs.
Separated by 55 years and 2 continents, Azadeh Baniasad finds an on-campus tie to her past
For the first time, Azadeh Baniasad held the work her uncle completed at UCLA more than five decades earlier.
UCLA researchers show faults reshape Earth’s surface far beyond previously thought
A global study finds that the influence of fault-related rock damage may extend up to 100 kilometers, changing our understanding of how landscapes evolve.
UCLA researchers show dams can help repair the rivers they disrupt
Strategic “designer flows” can help maintain the ecological health of rivers below important dams.
New SETI strategy suggests alien signals could be hiding in plain sight in existing astronomy data
UCLA astronomer says that if nearby civilizations want to be found, ordinary radio and optical surveys may already contain their signals.
When Chemistry and Biochemistry Meet the Marketplace
A growing culture of entrepreneurship is reshaping how UCLA chemists think about discovery, impact, and their role beyond the lab.
Antarctic experiment could find new types of antimatter
In the quest to look for signatures of new physics, scientists try to find undiscovered antiparticles.
UCLA researchers uncover buried ancient delta on Mars
Using the most detailed images ever captured of another planet’s subsurface, a UCLA-led team identified the buried remains of an ancient river delta in Jezero crater
UCLA-led study could improve prediction of when and where shallow landslides strike
The work offers a more complete view of how water moves through hillslopes — and why some slopes fail before others.