Tag Archive for: UCLA Physical Sciences

4d graphic rendering of iron-platinum nanoparticle

Atomic motion is captured in 4D for the first time

Results of UCLA-led study contradict a long-held classical…
Andrea Ghez, Lauren B. Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine Chair in Astrophysics at UCLA, receiving an honorary doctorate from Oxford University on June 26, 2019. Ghez is with her sons.

UCLA astronomer receives honorary degree from Oxford

By Lisa Garibay Andrea Ghez, distinguished professor of…
Bruin Space team members Chloe Liau, Andrew Evans, and Alexander Gonzalez holding their final flight model.

UCLA students touch space with a microgravity experiment

Magnetic pump built by Bruin Space launches on Blue Origin…
Photo of Dr. Anna Lee Fisher

Dr. Anna Lee Fisher, first mother in space, to deliver 2019 UCLA College centennial commencement address

Chemist, physician, astronaut and UCLA alumna will speak…
New simulations suggest that carbon (C) routinely bonded with iron (Fe), silicon (Si) and oxygen (O) deep within the magma ocean that covered Earth when it was young.

New insights about carbon and ice could clarify inner workings of Earth, other planets

  Most people behave differently when under extreme…

Best in snow: New scientific device creates electricity from snowfall

UCLA researchers and colleagues have designed a new device…
The galactic chimneys (yellow-orange areas extending vertically) are centered on the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Giant X-ray ‘chimneys’ are exhaust vents for vast energies produced at Milky Way’s center

  The center of our galaxy is a frenzy of activity.…

UCLA leads development of first-of-its-kind telescope for gamma-ray astronomy

Researchers using the array will be able to study the gamma rays…

Space physicist wins Royal Astronomical Society 2019 Gold Medal

Margaret Kivelson, who discovered an ocean inside Jupiter’s…

UCLA students aim to help island nations balance economics with ocean conservation

Blue Prosperity aims to mitigate the threats of climate change…