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August 2, 2023 | From sea monkeys to shelf-stable insulin

August 2, 2023 | From sea monkeys to shelf-stable insulin

It’s not every day that a gag gift at a holiday party sparks a new line of research, but that turned out to be the case for Heather Maynard, a polymer scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). As she watched little shrimp-like sea monkeys emerge...

August 2, 2023 | True shape of lithium revealed for the first time in UCLA research

August 2, 2023 | True shape of lithium revealed for the first time in UCLA research

A study by members of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA reveals a fundamental discovery that could lead to safer lithium-metal batteries that outperform today’s lithium-ion batteries. The research was published today in the journal Nature.

Metallic lithium reacts so easily with chemicals that, under normal conditions, corrosion forms almost immediately while the metal is being laid down on a surface such as an electrode.

June 23, 2023 | New rapid viral plaque detection system, aided by deep learning and holographic imaging, can help accelerate vaccine and drug development 

June 23, 2023 | New rapid viral plaque detection system, aided by deep learning and holographic imaging, can help accelerate vaccine and drug development 

In a new paper published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, a team of scientists led by Professor Aydogan Ozcan from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UCLA and an associate director of the California NanoSystems Institute, developed a rapid, stain-free, and automated viral plaque detection system enabled by holography and deep learning.

June 13, 2023 | UCLA Computer Scientist Receives Major International Semiconductor Award

June 13, 2023 | UCLA Computer Scientist Receives Major International Semiconductor Award

A member of the UCLA faculty since 1990, Cong was selected to receive the award at the May 8 event in Tel Aviv for his groundbreaking research and development that “revolutionized electronic design automation and FPGA [field-programmable gate array] design methods, for co-founding several chip design related companies, and for teaching hundreds of UCLA students, many of them who now hold influential roles in the semiconductor industry.”

June 12, 2023 | Ready, Set … Accelerate!

June 12, 2023 | Ready, Set … Accelerate!

UCLA has a long history of nurturing business prospects generated by both students and faculty. But the rise of the incubators is a more engineered process. It was sparked in 2007, when Chancellor Gene Block and Governor Gray Davis agreed to promote closer links...