Chemistry and Materials for Space Science and Technology
UCLA Hosts Cutting-Edge Workshop on the role of chemistry in the future of space science and exploration.
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In Memoriam: Keith Terasaki
A dear friend and pillar of the UCLA community, Keith Terasaki died Dec. 22, 2024, leaving a remarkable legacy of countless lives touched, Bruin and otherwise. Following in the footsteps of his father, the legendary Paul Terasaki, Keith Terasaki dedicated himself to scientific and philanthropic leadership.
Michael Jung named recipient of the NAS Award for Chemistry in Service to Society
Jung is being recognized for his groundbreaking work, which has advanced synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry and been instrumental to the treatment of prostate cancer.
Osvaldo Gutierrez Receives Prestigious PECASE Award
The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers.
Campus Resources for Those Affected by Fires
The spreadsheet includes tabs with information for evacuees about housing and hotel options, food distributions sites, transportation and financial assistance. And for people who are seeking to donate to help victims of the fires, the document also includes links to campus centers and off-campus nonprofits and community organizations accepting donations. (To toggle between pages of...
UCLA and the James Webb Space Telescope Revolution
This new technology, combined with some of UCLA’s most creative and imaginative researchers, is leading to a new understanding of the universe and everything in it.
Sorting through the data avalanche
Multi-institute group including a UCLA mathematics professor held its inaugural meeting about using AI to make sense of an overabundance of scientific data.
Interstellar curiosity led Pradip Gatkine to UCLA
Gatkine’s research focuses on astrophotonics, a cutting-edge field that applies photonic technologies to enhance astronomical instrumentation and observations.
UCLA Physical Sciences-developed AI System to Support Humanities Course
Kudu, developed by professor Alexander Kusenko, can help generate resources that allows teachers to focus on the most important aspects of teaching.
Pri Narang and the Emergence of a New World
A $2 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation supports the researcher’s development of the very first quantum entanglement probe
Space Waves Team Up to Heat Solar Wind Particles
The improved understanding of how waves work in space could help scientists better predict space weather and advance the development of fusion energy.
Exploring Your Universe 2024
The region’s largest science fair returns to the UCLA campus with more backing than ever before.