UCLA physicists have developed a new film that requires much less of the rare thorium-229 and is significantly less radioactive.

The funding will help the professor’s team discover molecules that regulate cell membrane shape stability and mechanical resilience.

The jet is tens of millions of times larger than the supermassive black hole’s event horizon.

The professor is a condensed matter physicist who studies the overlap between thermodynamics and quantum mechanics,

A new study finds higher temperatures increase evaporation enough to cause drought without any reduction in precipitation.

A new paper in the journal Science demonstrates how to make several kinds of molecules called anti-Bredt olefins, which violate Bredt’s rule.

A study shows the buildup of filamentous actin, which inhibits cellular waste removal, contributes to age-onset cognitive decline. 

The professor was selected for her approaches to nonequilibrium dynamics and the control of condensed matter.

The chemistry professor is being honored for developing imaging technology that can improve cancer detection during surgery.

The award for the advancement and education of organic synthesis honors former UCLA faculty member David Evans.

The discovery could lead to better noninvasive sensors for studying chemical reactions involving chiral molecules.

While the result is different from what they hoped, it’s also exactly what they thought it should be.

The finding could expand research on vision in humans and autonomous vehicle development.

Researchers have established a cumulative adversity index that could be adapted to help conservation efforts for other species.

Older birds tend to have fewer, more selective friendships with stronger bonds and may know better where to find food.

Radiation from dark matter may have kept hydrogen gas hot enough to condense into black holes instead of stars.

A rare “dual-initiation” mechanism ruptured a barrier on the fault during the Jan. 1 shaker.

Psychologists find it isn’t cathartic, but it can strengthen bonds that might pay off in the future.

As the NEOWISE spacecraft is shut down, its UCLA project leader readies NASA’s next study on near-Earth objects.