UCLA Ph.D. Candidate Awarded 2024 Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation Prize
Jiayi Li, from the Department of Statistics and Data Science, is the first student from UCLA's Division of Physical Sciences to receive the prize
News
A Simple Equation
Inside the Olga Radko Endowed Math Circle, the next generation of great math minds is taking shape.
Prineha Narang elected an American Physical Society Fellow
Narang, who holds UCLA’s Howard Reiss Career Development Chair, was selected for her approaches to nonequilibrium dynamics and the control of condensed matter, and her public advocacy for quantum sciences.
QUAntum Sensing for Humanity event brings together builders and users of quantum sensors
The limits of the laws of physics were explored at a special discussion on quantum sensing and the potential utility of these revolutionary concepts and devices.
Chris Regan Elected American Physical Society Fellow
Chris Regan was honored for “For advancements in the capabilities of in situ transmission electron microscopy, liquid-cell microscopy, and nanometer-scale thermometry, with applications ranging from improvements in computer memories to batteries. This work has an impact on both basic research and industrial applications.
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.
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.