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UCLA Engineers Observe Quantum Heat Waves at Room Temperature

Efficient heat management in solids is key to advancing the next generation of electronics. However, wavelike heat movement — known as phonon focusing — had only been observed at extremely low, or cryogenic, temperatures, limiting its study and practical use

UCLA Blockchain Video Series

Jan 1, 2019

This first episode is an introduction to the UCLA Blockchain video series. It introduces the UCLA Blockchain community along with UCLA professor Villasenor’s blockchain efforts

Deep learning takes fluorescence microscopy into super resolution

Dec 20, 2018

UCLA-led team produces images on a laptop that match the quality of those from high-end equipment

New AI system mimics how humans visualize and identify objects

Dec 18, 2018

Researchers from UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and Stanford have demonstrated a computer system that can discover and identify the real-world objects it “sees” based on the same method of visual learning that humans use.

Artificial intelligence-based device detects moving parasites in bodily fluid for easier, earlier diagnosis

Dec 17, 2018

Developed by UCLA Engineering researchers, system is ‘like a motion detector for the microscopic world’

UCLA Samueli’s Integrated Sensors Lab partners with aviation network to test terahertz breakthrough

Dec 13, 2018

UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s Integrated Sensors Laboratory is collaborating with Airborne Wireless Network (ABWN), a leader in high-speed broadband aerial wireless networks, to field test its terahertz-band communication technology at medium altitude.

Ozcan elected to the National Academy of Inventors

Dec 12, 2018

Aydogan Ozcan, Chancellor’s Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Bioengineering, has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Two-dimensional materials skip the energy barrier by growing one row at a time

Dec 11, 2018

Confirming a century-old prediction could help scientists construct new classes of materials

Sprayable gel developed by UCLA-led team could help the body fight off cancer after surgery

Dec 11, 2018

Many people who are diagnosed with cancer will undergo some type of surgery to treat their disease — almost 95 percent of people with early-diagnosed breast cancer will require surgery and it’s often the first line of treatment for people with brain tumors, for example.

New material that retains stiffness while changing shape developed

Dec 10, 2018

Demonstration of compliant rolling-contact joints. Images courtesy UCLA Flexible Research Group.