Kaner group research is featured on the front cover of ChemSusChem for advances in sodium-ion battery technology

6 months ago

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Research by a UCLA team led by Professor Richard Kaner, Dr. Maher El-Kady, and graduate student Zhiyin (Tara) Yang is featured on the front cover of ChemSusChem, a leading journal […]

Kaner group research is featured on the front cover of ChemSusChem for advances in sodium-ion battery technology
November 25

UCLA team engineers enzymes for new hydrogenation reaction

6 months ago

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UCLA researchers led by Professor Soumitra Athavale have taught enzymes an entirely new reaction mechanism—a radical hydrogenation process that nature itself never discovered. Hydrogenation — the process of adding hydrogen […]

UCLA team engineers enzymes for new hydrogenation reaction
November 10

New research uncovers how bad bacteria know where to cluster and cause infection

7 months ago

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Professors Gerard Wong and Paul S. Weiss, together with Wong group postdoctoral researcher Dr. Calvin Lee and bioengineering Ph.D. student William Schmidt, are part of a research team that has […]

New research uncovers how bad bacteria know where to cluster and cause infection
October 30

Mitochondrial secrets revealed: team discovers physics of how cell’s powerhouse splits to reproduce

8 months ago

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In a pair of recent studies published as back-to-back articles in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a research team led by the Wong group has unveiled new insights […]

Mitochondrial secrets revealed: team discovers physics of how cell’s powerhouse splits to reproduce
September 30

New stretchable light-emitting material holds promise for photon-based devices

8 months ago

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Professor Xiangfeng Duan and graduate student Boxuan Zhou (Materials Science and Engineering) lead a research team that has developed a durable, low-cost, printable light-emitting membrane from ultrathin molybdenum disulfide and […]

New stretchable light-emitting material holds promise for photon-based devices
September 26

Semiconductors get magnetic boost with new method from UCLA researchers

10 months ago

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Professor Xiangfeng Duan is co-leader of a group of UCLA researchers who have developed a new method for combining magnetic elements with semiconductors — which are vital materials for computers […]

Semiconductors get magnetic boost with new method from UCLA researchers
July 22

UCLA scientists break imaging barrier to unlock secrets of deadly “chaotic” viruses

10 months ago

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A team of researchers at UCLA, led by Professor Jose Rodriguez and BMSB Ph.D. candidate Lily Taylor, in collaboration with Professors Gustavo Helguera (YBIME, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Brian Gowen (USU […]

UCLA scientists break imaging barrier to unlock secrets of deadly “chaotic” viruses
July 22

Breakthrough method helps design better light-based technologies

10 months ago

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Research by the Neuhauser and Caram groups introduces a fast and efficient method, TDHF@vW, for accurately predicting how molecules absorb light, dramatically reducing computational costs and enabling faster discovery of […]

Breakthrough method helps design better light-based technologies
July 21