Mars InSight Mission
InSight brings the first piece of UCLA to the surface of Mars As the NASA InSight Mars lander successfully touched
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AAAS Fellows
2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows Six UCLA faculty members have been selected as the 2018 Fellows
Study by UCLA EPSS researcher illuminates behavior of chorus waves
Million-fold increase in the power of waves near Jupiter’s moon Ganymede The planet Jupiter has a very strong magnetic field
The Real Debates of Climate Science: Does the Ocean Matter for Climate?
5th Annual Yanai Distinguished Lecture 2018 Presented by UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences The speaker Amy Clement is
Spotlight: Students translating research into public policy
Student Spotlight: Translating Research Into Public Policy David Gonzalez Graduate student Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences I had the
Faculty Awards
Professors distinguished by the UCLA Academic Senate The UCLA Academic Senate has awarded two professors from the Physical Sciences Division
Spotlight: 2018 Sloan Fellows
Spotlight: 2018 Sloan Fellows Five young UCLA professors were selected to receive 2018 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan
Spotlight on the UCLA SPINLab
Jon Aurnou’s Simulated Planetary Interiors Laboratory —SPINLab—studies how the rotation of planets shapes the flow of fluids in their atmospheres
The Making of a Scientist: The Nelson Group
Under the guidance of a dynamic new faculty member, three Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students have been published in Science. Alex
2017 Physical Sciences new student Welcome
How To Thrive in the Sciences at UCLA and Beyond
Andrea Ghez Black Hole Apocalypse event recap January 2018
On January 19, 2018, more than 600 UCLA alumni, supporters, and friends gathered at UCLA’s Luskin Center for a
Physical Sciences celebrates its emeriti
Celebrating the contributions of our faculty emeriti Our departments could not be among the best in the world without the