UCLA researchers make breakthrough on understanding plasma instabilities
Advance could lead to better understanding of astronomical events such as solar flares and gamma ray bursts, and effects observed in scientific experiments in high-energy synchrotrons and storage rings.
Making More of Moore’s Law
UCLA researchers have a plan to redesign computer chips from the ground up to make smaller, cheaper, and more dynamic electronic devices.
Researchers flip how electrical signals move liquid droplets
The advance – using an electrical push rather than a pull – could lead to more reliable medical diagnostic tools
Breaking an ancient ceiling in metallurgy
Casting super strong metals with grain sizes down to nanometers during slow cooling. The study was published in Science Advances
Aerospace grad student receives top fellowship
UCLA aerospace engineering graduate student McKenna Davis has received a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, considered one of the country’s most prestigious honors for graduate students at the outset of their studies.
Deep learning enables scientists to identify cancer cells in blood in milliseconds
By UCLA Newsroom Technique could allow cells to be extracted in real time, help prevent cancer from spreadingResearchers at UCLA and NantWorks have developed an artificial intelligence-powered device that detects cancer cells...
UCLA engineers received $1.5 million grant to make environmentally friendly concrete
A team of UCLA engineers has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop 3D-printed concrete that incorporates carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, as part of a binder.
Optical neural network could lead to intelligent cameras
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom UCLA engineers have made major improvements on their design of an optical neural network –a device inspired by how the human brain works – that can identify objects or process information at the speed...
AI shows path toward eco-efficient production of key industrial compound
UCLA chemical engineers and their French and Belgian colleagues have discovered a more sustainable way to produce amines – key compounds used in a variety of industrial processes.