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Recent Energy News
May 3, 2023 | Professor Anastassia Alexandrova Receives 2023 Brown Investigator Award
Theoretical chemist Professor Anastassia Alexandrova is the recipient of the 2023 Brown Investigator Award, in recognition of her curiosity-driven basic research in chemistry and physics. One of seven mid-career researchers selected, Alexandrova will use the $2...
May 2, 2023 | Garcia-Garibay elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Dean of Physical Sciences Professor Miguel A. García-Garibay has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Membership in the academy is one of the highest honors a scientist...
May 2, 2023 | Data Class-Specific Image Encryption Using Optical Diffraction
A team of researchers at UCLA has recently presented a diffractive network to perform data class-specific transformations and optical image encryption. In their paper, published in the journal Advanced Materials, UCLA researchers, led by Professor Aydogan Ozcan,...
May 1, 2023 | Pri Narang and Sergio Carbajo look to advance quantum science for next-gen sensors
Two members of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA are working together to understand the incredibly fast interactions between particles that take place at infinitesimally tiny scales. Professors Prineha “Pri” Narang and Sergio Carbajo aim to harness their findings by developing technology for taking measurements with previously impossible levels of sensitivity.
April 28, 2023 | What do mobile phones, neural networks and paper have in common?
Centralized laboratory testing has been a standard tool for diagnosing common illnesses. However, laboratory-based testing generally requires expensive medical equipment and involves complex operation protocols that can only be completed within a medical facility by...
April 28, 2023 | UCLA Engineers Develop AI-Trained Unidirectional Imagers
Traditional optical imaging and communication systems, typically composed of lenses, perform imaging operations in both forward and backward directions. Similar to a pipe that enables liquid to flow through from one end to the other in both directions, standard...
April 28, 2023 | Scientists Identify Antivirals that Could Combat Emerging Infectious Diseases
A new study has identified potential broad-spectrum antiviral agents that can target multiple families of RNA viruses that continue to pose a significant threat for future pandemics. The study, led by Gustavo Garcia Jr. in the UCLA Department of Molecular and Medical...
April 24, 2023 | UCLA Engineering Professor Eric Hoek Receives University Service Award
Hoek joined the UCLA Samueli faculty in 2004 and has advised more than 50 graduate students, published more than 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and filed for more than 70 patents globally. He is a member of the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and...
April 20, 2023 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects 3 UCLA faculty members
In 1781, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington were among the first members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. This year, three UCLA faculty members were elected to join them. UCLA’s new members for 2023 are: Heather Maynard, Harryette Mullen, and Daniel Treisman