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.
Grants
How to Study Water on the Moon
UCLA Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Professor Hao Cao wins grant from NASA to develop new technology for extended use on the lunar surface.
UCLA & UCSB received $23.7 million grant to study biologically based polymers
Efforts from the California NanoSystems Institutes at UCLA and researchers at UCLA to advance the use of microbes for sustainable production of new plastics has been supported by a $23.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation Materials Innovation Platforms program. Current synthetic polymers (plastic and its chemical cousin) are used widely now, however they…