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A Cure for the Common Hangover?

A Cure for the Common Hangover?

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA-led team's 'pill' mimics action of human liver in fighting alcohol intoxication By Bill Kisliuk In a discovery that could derail the popular "Hangover" movie franchise, a team of researchers led by UCLA engineers has...

Scanning Electron Microscope Image Student Contest 2013

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin The Molecular and Nano Archaeology Laboratory (MNA) – a joint venture between the Department of Materials Science and The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, held its annual Best SEM (scanning electron...

Tiny Capsule Effectively Kills Cancer Cells

Tiny Capsule Effectively Kills Cancer Cells

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Scientists create nanoscale vehicle to battle cancer without harming healthy cells By Bill Kisliuk A tiny capsule invented at a UCLA lab could go a long way toward improving cancer treatment. Devising a method for more...

In Memoriam: Christian Wagner

In Memoriam: Christian Wagner

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin Christian N.J. Wagner, a UCLA professor emeritus of materials science and engineering, died on Dec. 31, 2012, at his home in Palm Desert. He was 85. Wagner was internationally known for research on the...

Two UCLA Engineering Professors Named AAAS Fellows

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Two UCLA Engineering professors, Panagiotis D. Christofides and  Ali H. Sayed, were selected as fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society and...

In Memoriam: David Okrent

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Matthew Chin David Okrent, UCLA professor emeritus of mechanical and aerospace engineering, who made pioneering contributions in nuclear reactor design and safety, died Friday, Dec. 14. He was 90. Okrent received his...

New Energy-efficient Computer Memory Using Magnetic Materials

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]MeRAM is up to 1,000 times more energy-efficient than current technologies By Matthew Chin | December 14, 2012 By using electric voltage instead of a flowing electric current, researchers from UCLA's Henry Samueli School...