Tag Archive for: UCLA Physical Sciences

Major advance in ‘synthetic biochemistry’ holds promise for industrial products and biofuels

UCLA biochemists have devised a clever way to make a variety…

Three UCLA professors named 2016 Guggenheim Fellows

A trio of UCLA faculty members are among a distinguished group…

Root tale: A walking tour of the UCLA campus plants database

In 1966, when Wayne Dollase came to UCLA as an assistant professor…

Confirming Einstein: Q&A with LIGO Scientist and EE Alum Richard Savage

Earlier this month, researchers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave…

Moon was produced by a head-on collision between Earth and a forming planet

The moon was formed by a violent, head-on collision between the…

Paul Terasaki, 86, transplant medicine pioneer, philanthropist, UCLA faculty member and alumnus

Paul Ichiro Terasaki, who spent three years with his family in…

In memoriam: Professor emeritus Howard Reiss

Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1977, Reiss was…

Faculty couple helps foster sense of community in their department

Distinguished professor of paleobiology J. William “Bill”…

UCLA faculty voice: Ten environmental reasons to be thankful

Thanksgiving is the one national holiday that has avoided being…

Neil Garg named 2015 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching California Professor of the Year

Neil Garg, professor and vice chair for education in UCLA’s…