Science + Technology

Learn about nanotechnology, meteorites and dinosaurs, among other science topics. Actress, author and mathematics alumna Danica McKellar will receive a science and education award.

The free event will include moon dust, meteorites and lunar experts. The viewing is part of International Observe the Moon Night, an annual worldwide celebration that encourages appreciation of the moon.

UCLA’s James Stigler is working to improve math and science education nationally by eliminating the rote memorization methods and studying what really works.

Researchers from the School of Dentistry and the David Geffen School of Medicine will use a technology created in the lab of Dr. David Wong from the dental school.

The work and day-to-day activities of UCLA anthropologist Susan Perry and her team are captured on HowtoBeAMonkey.org.

The researchers are already discussing the new device with marine biologists to determine where it would be most useful.

UCLA roboticist Dennis Hong and his robot magician, MAGI, shine on the Netflix show “Magic for Humans.”

With the successful launch of their ELFIN satellites, UCLA students’ work studying space weather is just beginning.

For the past five years, more than 250 UCLA undergraduates have designed and built a small satellite that will launch into orbit to study space weather.

UCLA researchers have found that an often overlooked component of a cell, the extracellular matrix, can influence how much sugar the cell consumes and its migratory behavior.

“We expect several of these combinations, or more, will work much better than existing antibiotics,” said Pamela Yeh, one of the study’s two senior authors and a UCLA assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.

In tests at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the device converted 22.4 percent of the incoming energy from the sun, a record for that type of cell.

A team of scientists that includes two UCLA College researchers published a study in Nature Communications that sheds light on the phenomenon.

The research provides the first direct evidence of the proteins moving through PTEX, the protein complex that transports malaria proteins into the red blood cell.

Their answers point to breakthroughs that are improving daily lives, preserving the health of the planet and revealing the mysteries of the universe.

A UCLA team has developed a set of outcome measures using a software program that aggregates the latest research and expertise about how to treat conditions.

The characters’ extraordinary abilities are pure science fiction. Or are they?

“It was a rare case in astronomy where two competing models ... offered precisely opposite predictions,” said UCLA professor Steven Furlanetto.

The results could have implications for treating cancer, when people’s blood-forming stem cells may be depleted, and for people undergoing transplant surgery.

The advance could revolutionize thermal management designs for computer processors and other electronics.

The finding in animals could support the first blood test to speed diagnosis and improve treatment in humans.

Marco Velli is the observatory scientist on NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, which will venture into the sun’s outer atmosphere to advance understanding of space weather.

The early work demonstrates the promise of so-called “mechanoceuticals."

Single-celled coastal coccolithophores appear resilient to high levels of carbon dioxide.

Neurophysicist Mayank Mehta’s work has implications for diagnosing and treating neurological diseases.