Xiangfeng Duan’s group advances quantum materials using an amino acid
4 days ago
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Professor Xiangfeng Duan’s group has made a major advance in the field of quantum materials. The research was published in Nature Chemistry and selected for the cover of the November […]
Toward Physical AI: When the Hardware Becomes the Neural Network
1 month ago
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Professor James Gimzewski and alumnus Dr. Adam Stieg (Ph.D. ’07) helped pioneer a new approach to artificial intelligence in which hardware itself can learn and process information. Their work is […]
UCLA team uses 3D printing to develop zinc-ion hybrid battery with seven times more energy
4 months ago
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A team led by Professor Richard Kaner, alumna Dr. Sophia Uemura, and researcher Dr. Maher El-Kady has developed a 3D-printed electrode with a hollow structure that expands the capacity of […]
UCLA researchers refine use of graphene oxide for stronger, more durable concrete
5 months ago
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Professor Richard Kaner and researcher Maher El-Kady are part of a research team whose study demonstrates how graphene oxide, a carbon-based nanomaterial, can be incorporated into cementitious mixtures to create […]
UCLA chemical engineers find new path to improve efficiency of plastic precursor production
6 months ago
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Researchers led by Professor Philippe Sautet have mapped out a promising method to improve the conversion of propane gas into propene, the world’s second most widely produced plastic precursor, after […]
How UCLA researchers cleared the nanoscale bottleneck holding back next-gen electronics
7 months ago
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A UCLA research team led by Professor Xiangfeng Duan, with postdoctoral fellows Dr. Laiyuan Wan and Dr. Boxuan Zhou, has discovered a way to dramatically improve how electrical current enters […]
How UCLA scientists helped reimagine a forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison
9 months ago
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Research by a team led by Professor Richard Kaner and Dr. Maher El-Kady shows how 21st-century nanotechnology has finally enabled a clean-energy vision that Thomas Edison first proposed more than […]
Innovative proximity labeling platform illuminates how cholesterol interacts inside cells
9 months ago
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Cholesterol plays a central role in cell health, influencing membrane fluidity, curvature, and signaling. To maintain proper cholesterol levels, cells rely on tightly regulated transport systems that move cholesterol between […]