Science + Technology

UCLA and Caltech researchers created jagged platinum nanowires that would require only 1/50 as much platinum as used in current smooth-shaped wires.

The development of DZ-2384 by UCLA chemists led to an international research collaboration which found that the molecule appears to help fight several types of cancer.

The peptide discovery by UCLA researchers and others has broad implications for biomedicine.

Study finds that ‘childhood imprinting’ limits people’s susceptibility to severe infection from two major strains of avian influenza.

Eric Hoek of UCLA Engineering has spent his life searching for ways to clean water. He's succeeding.

Mona Jarrahi is being recognized for her work researching terahertz-based imaging technologies.

The class of material, which is a conductor and insulator of electric current, could be used for ultra-low power computing.

The technique, called a "non-malleable commitment," is the electronic equivalent of a lockbox and requires only two rounds of one-way communication from the sender to the recipient.

UCLA researchers note that the next decade shows great promise for things like improving food safety, fighting infections, storing energy and supplying clean energy.

A study by UCLA researchers found that a noninvasive method can help to determine whether an individual will enter remission after just one week of medical treatment.

Touching a large meteorite, making your own cloud in a bottle and attending a planetarium show are just some of the activities visitors can look forward to at Exploring Your Universe.

UCLA electrical engineers led a research team that has developed a new artificial composite material for the control of higher-frequency electromagnetic waves.

Professor Neil Garg's online tutorials show how organic chemistry is connected to sports, health and even popular TV shows.

The discoveries led by UCLA researchers may lead to major insights about light perception and how circadian clocks could affect human health.

A UCLA study used 3D chromosome-mapping technology to advance understanding of disorder’s cause. The work provides important new information about how schizophrenia originates and could lead to better treatments.

UCLA scientists and colleagues identify the structure of a molecule that kills mosquitoes carrying malaria. The findings are a step toward genetically engineering a toxin that would be lethal to species that carry other diseases.

Multicolored laser light could be used to cool atoms of hydrogen or carbon to nearly absolute zero, allowing scientists to study chemical reactions at the quantum scale.

The donation will support planned expansion and open new areas for research and entrepreneurship.

The UCLA professor emeritus, who directed the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, was honored with two others for designing and developing molecular machines.

Scientists from the Institute for Planets and Exoplanets will offer free views of the moon from the roof of the Mathematical Sciences Building.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz spoke with UCLA leaders and researchers in engineering and physics this morning and toured two laboratories on campus that receive support from the U.S. Department of Energy.

In recognition of National Cyber Security Awareness Month in October, UCLA and UC are offering a variety of resources to help students, faculty and staff better understand cyber risk and stay safer and more secure online.

New findings by a UCLA-led team of researchers answer a question about our space environment and will help scientists protect telecommunication and navigation satellites.

UCLA scientists help create device that makes monitoring disease biomarkers easier and more cost-effective.

The cutting-edge project that includes renowned scientists will tackle major challenges in the physical sciences, life sciences and engineering.