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July 20, 2017 UCLA researchers reconstruct first herpesvirus capsid at atomic resolution
UCLA researchers have imaged and created the first ever atomic resolution reconstruction of a herpesvirus capsid at 3.9 angstrom, a unit of length where individual amino acids or basic building blocks of proteins can be identified. UCLA researchers reconstruct first...
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UCLA grabs the top spot among 225 universities in business creation
UCLA isn’t just good at generating new businesses; the Westwood school has become better at it than any of the other 224 universities reviewed in a recent Milken Institute report. UCLA grabs the top spot among 225 universities in business creation By Ronald D. White,...
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Technique for measuring and controlling electron state is a breakthrough in quantum computing
Quantum computing could enable more complex information to be encoded on much smaller computer chips, and it holds promise for faster, more secure problem-solving and communications than today’s computers allow. SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY Technique for measuring and...
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Award to Bertozzi will help UCLA create new math nanosystems initiative
Award to Bertozzi will help UCLA create new math nanosystems initiative UCLA Newsroom | June 07, 2017 UCLA will create the new Simons Mathematical NanoSystems Initiative, in part with support from the Simons Foundation's Math+X Investigator award to mathematics...
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Research by CNSI Faculty Highlighted in Nature Technology Feature
The microfluidic chips developed by the Di Carlo Lab are made from PDMS, a type of transparent polymer similar to rubber. Di Carlo and his team make these micro-structured chips by photolithography in the CNSI Integrated Systems Nanofabrication Cleanroom, one of the...
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Vault Pharma Inc. selected to present as finalist in start-up stadium at BIO International Convention
The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA is pleased to announce that Vault Pharma Inc., a start-up company in the CNSI Incubator, has been selected as a Finalist for the 2017 Start-Up Stadium event at the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest...
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UC launches drug discovery consortium
The UC Drug Discovery Consortium aims to support early drug discovery projects on UC campuses by sharing resources and expertise. The consortium launched with the help of a UC grant to the Drug, Device, Discovery and Development workgroup of UC Biomedical Research...
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Battery-free implantable medical device draws energy directly from human body
Researchers from UCLA and the University of Connecticut have designed a new biofriendly energy storage system called a biological supercapacitor, which operates using charged particles, or ions, from fluids in the human body. The device is harmless to the body’s...
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New method of drug delivery may be safer and more effective against pancreatic cancer
UCLA scientists have unlocked an important mechanism that allows chemotherapy-carrying nanoparticles—extremely small objects between 1 and 100 nanometers (a billionth of a meter)—to directly access pancreatic cancer tumors, thereby improving the ability to kill cancer...
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