Science + Technology

The Science and Entertainment Exchange at UCLA connects scientists with filmmakers to bring scientific accuracy to the big screen.

The new ceramics hold promise for use in miniature mechanical components and flexible-yet-strong foils for use in solar sails, which are used to propel spacecraft, among many other applications.

The DNA-based discovery means the biological family Canidae has 36 members, not 35.

Two UCLA astronomy professors are playing an important role in an international initiative to build the Cherenkov Telescope Array.

The UCLA/University of Pennsylvania team won first place at RoboCup, a global robot soccer tournament held in China.

The hands-on, 3-D virtual landscape lets students sculpt mountains, valleys and rivers — then fill them with water.

Material is easier and less expensive to make than the current standard, but had not previously been shown to emit light.

Researchers from UCLA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory found that extra heat from greenhouse gases has been trapped in the subsurface waters of the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Because topological insulators are so tiny, scientists have, until now, been unable to fully understand how the defects impact their functionality.

The finding is a major advance because the high-energy particles can be harmful for satellites and humans in space.

The chemistry professor engages students in part by showing how the subject is relevant to everyday life, medicine and even pop culture.

Scientists from UCLA and City of Hope have become the first to inhibit the mechanism of a protein that regulates a key process that causes cancer to grow.

The findings strongly suggest that stem cell-based gene therapy with a chimeric antigen receptor may be an effective treatment for chronic HIV infection in humans.

Results could one day have an impact on the development of a treatment for osteoporosis as well as potentially help those with traumatic bone injuries.

“Hyperentanglement” allows each paired photons to carry much more data than was possible with previous methods.

Better mentorship, revised performance reviews and more transparency are among the recommendations shared at a recent UCLA conference that attempted to figure out how to increase the number of women in tech.

The three-year project aims to fill critical gaps in knowledge about concussion and translate research findings into new safety guidelines for the more than 450,000 U.S. collegiate student-athletes.

A new technology developed by chemists at UCLA is capable of storing solar energy for up to several weeks — an advance that could redefine the way scientists approach solar cell design.

New research sheds light on the Earth’s climate over geologic time scales.

Braving floods, fires and vampire mosquitoes, UCLA professor Susan Perry has spent 25 years chasing capuchin monkeys through the forests of Costa Rica. Her data have transformed what we know about these fascinating primates.

The study, published in Science, addresses problems that have long stalled the adoption of fuel cell technology.

NASA’s Dawn mission is observing the dwarf planet Ceres from 2,700 miles above its surface; the space agency has released new images and a video animation.

A new event created by the Ozcan Research Group of UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science showcased an impressive array of biomedical engineering technology research.

UCLA robotics expert Dennis Hong and a team of students competed with THOR, their humanoid robot, in a contest to build a robot that can go places too dangerous for humans.

Breakthrough could lead to new ways of treating and controlling diseases like lupus and psoriasis.