UCLA Study Finds Concrete’s Natural Absorption of Carbon Dioxide Does Little to Offset Emissions from Cement Production

Concrete slowly absorbs small amounts of carbon dioxide from the air over its lifetime, a natural process sometimes proposed as a solution to the cement industry’s heavy carbon footprint

Civil Engineering Students Win National Seismic Design Contest

Civil Engineering Students Win National Seismic Design Contest

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]By Bill Kisliuk Unshaken by three dozen rival teams, earlier this month, a group of UCLA civil engineering students took first place in the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s 10th annual Undergraduate Seismic...

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...