A UCLA-led study of what’s called a supershear earthquake reveals how fault structure and rock contrasts enabled one of the fastest continental ruptures ever observed.
UCLA’s three most recent alumni Nobel winners — Fred Ramsdell, Ardem Patapoutian and Randy Schekman — said their experience as Bruins loomed particularly large in their scientific development.
Ramsdell, who earned his doctorate in microbiology and immunology at UCLA in 1987, was one of three researchers honored for their work on the human immune system.
The federal government’s termination of several pre- and postdoc training programs and suspension of millions of dollars in research grants has potentially altered career paths for researchers like Olivia Justynski.