Unexpected patterns in the solar wind
UCLA scientists invent new method to discover an unexpected pattern in the distribution of the magnetic field in the solar wind.
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Empowered to Aim For Bigger Things
The Rich and Linda Turco Graduate Fellowship motivated Alex Chang to Push Himself Further
Teaching artificial intelligence about complicated structures
A new statistical technique enables researchers to safely use AI for accurate scientific estimates involving highly interconnected systems.
Eliminating potential false positives in the search for dark matter
UCLA Assistant Professor of Physics Alvine Kamaha wins DOE Office of Science Early Career Research Program award for her proposal to eliminate potential false positives in dark matter detectors.
A Joy That is Hard to Describe
“We soon understood the wonderful feeling you get when you see students thriving, and hearing their stories. When you can speak with them face-to-face and learn about their lives and their work.”
A Million Grains of Sand to Make a Beach
Six years ago, when John and Lauren Liberati were establishing an endowment to support graduate students in the physics department, they had one caveat: they didn’t want to give any criteria for how the recipient was chosen.
UCLA receives $1 million NSF grant to accelerate commercialization of quantum technologies
The Quantum Sensing and Imaging Lab, or Q-SAIL, which will be led by UCLA quantum physicist David Leibrandt, is one of five pilot projects across the country selected by the NSF to participate in the agency’s new National Quantum Virtual Laboratory.
In the Hunt for Dark Matter, it is Harder for WIMPs to Hide
UCLA and 37 institutions around the world set a new world-breaking record in searching for WIMPs, a leading candidate for what makes up our universe’s invisible mass.
As NEOWISE Comes to an End, NEO Surveyor Prepares for Launch
After more than a decade of mapping the sky, NASA’s NEOWISE telescope, the Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer mission, was officially decommissioned last week. During its nearly 15-year run, NEOWISE observed the cosmos at infrared wavelengths and collected data on more than 740 million objects, including stars, galaxies and potentially hazardous asteroids. But the mission that...
How to define a planet
UCLA Professor proposes a new definition of planets with more specific criteria.
UCLA MACS Program Graduates First Cohort
The novel professional 2-year program has the strong support of global industry leaders
UCLA Undergraduate Student Team Wins NASA TechLeap Prize
Students in the Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Department are finalists in the NASA Techleap competition to build a universal interface to support payload integration onto various commercial suborbital vehicles, orbital platforms, and planetary landers