Into the Deep: UCLA’s Marine Center Research Group Participates in Two Expeditions with Famous Deep-Sea Submersible ‘Alvin’
Researchers from the EPSS and AOS departments helped lead in the groundbreaking discoveries
Division of Physical Sciences
UCLA Joins Consortium of the Nation’s Best Large Laser Facilities
As part of LaserNetUS, UCLA will support experiments relevant to laser-fusion as a potential carbon-free and unlimited energy source for the future
Ben Santer Receives Highest Award from the American Meteorological Society
The Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal was given “For outstanding contributions to comprehending how climate change affects atmospheric structure and behavior based on detection and attribution methods.”
David Leibrandt Wins Moore Foundation Award to Push the Boundaries of Particle Physics
The work supports UCLA’s ongoing leadership in Quantum Science and Technology
What’s scarier: A 50-ton megalodon or a doctoral dissertation?
As ‘The Meg 2’ opens in theaters, we ask UCLA’s De’Marcus Robinson which he would rather face
De Primera Generación a Físico: Descifrando los Misterios del Universo
READ THIS STORY IN ENGLISH HERE TRAPPIST-1 es un sistema planetario con al menos siete planetas que orbitan alrededor de una estrella enana a 40 años luz de la Tierra. Este sistema planetario ha sido y sigue siendo estudiado profundamente por científicos de todas partes del mundo, incluyéndome a mí. Soy un estudiante universitario de…
First-Gen to Physicist: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe
THIS ARTICLE IS ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH TRAPPIST-1 is a planetary system that includes at least seven planets orbiting a dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth. This system has been studied by scientists all over the world – including me, an undergraduate first-generation college student from Bell Gardens, Los Angeles who this week graduates with…
The Seven-Year Collaboration That Won’t Quit
Despite the three flights it took to get to this remote university near the arctic circle and the already minimal sunlight, the trip proved to be more worthwhile than anticipated. In fact, it became the catalyst for a seven-year research collaboration that is still going strong, with an impactful new paper recently published in Science. What…
The Next Trillion Dollar Industry
As space exploration, science, and technology advances at an ever-faster rate, an entirely new economy, the space economy, has sprung up. In fact, by 2040 the space economy is projected to be the next trillion dollar industry. With that realization in mind, the UCLA Anderson Forecast, UCLA SPACE Institute, and the UCLA Division of Physical…
Summer Bridge Program Q&A With Britney Robinson
Britney Robinson is a first generation Afro-Latina who graduated from UCLA with a B.S in Pure Mathematics in 2021. As an undergrad, she served as a member of the ‘Equity, Diversity and Inclusion’ committees for the Mathematics Department and Physical Sciences and worked as a research assistant in the ‘Bjork Learning and Forgetting Lab’, which…