Chemistry for a Healthy World Event

2 years ago

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On April 24, 2024, faculty, students, alumni, and visitors gathered for the inaugural UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry’s “Chemistry for a Healthy World” event, featuring brief research talks by […]

Chemistry for a Healthy World Event
June 23

Atomic view of a chemical catalyst during electrically charged reaction is a scientific first

2 years ago

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Professor Prineha Narang is part of a team of researchers from UCLA and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory whose research has, for the first time, captured atomic-level images of a chemical […]

Atomic view of a chemical catalyst during electrically charged reaction is a scientific first
June 19

2024 Mautner Perkins Memorial Lecture Series and Graduate Awards

2 years ago

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In early May 2024, Professor Omar Yaghi from the University of California, Berkeley, visited UCLA to deliver the Mautner Perkins Memorial Lectures, including a scientific lecture and a public lecture. […]

2024 Mautner Perkins Memorial Lecture Series and Graduate Awards
June 12

Technology solutions to climate problems: Zinc batteries, hydrogels, and firefighter respirators

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Professor Richard Kaner’s group is one of three research teams featured in a recent University of California (UC) Research & Innovation article about UC researchers pursuing technological solutions to climate-related […]

Technology solutions to climate problems: Zinc batteries, hydrogels, and firefighter respirators
June 6

Eight seniors win Dean’s Prize Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research

2 years ago

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Chemistry & Biochemistry undergraduate researchers Katie Bogue (Quinlan group), Juliana Girdner (Li group), Amanda Nguyen (Schwartz group), Shivani Patel (Kruglya group), Srihari Prabu (Araujo group), Jordan Tatang (Radu group), Jeff […]

Eight seniors win Dean’s Prize Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research
May 29

Breakthrough study reveals edge sites on platinum nanostructures as key active sites for efficient hydrogen production

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In a study just published in Nature Catalysis, a research collaboration between Professor Xiangfeng Duan’s group in the UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Professor Yu Huang’s group in the […]

Breakthrough study reveals edge sites on platinum nanostructures as key active sites for efficient hydrogen production
May 27

Quantum experts review major techniques for isolating Majoranas

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Professor Prineha Narang, a member of the Quantum Science Center (QSC), is working with a multi-institutional research team of researchers to devise new theoretical and experimental methodologies aimed at screening […]

Quantum experts review major techniques for isolating Majoranas
May 14

AFRL Space Scholars Program

2 years ago

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Ph.D. student Victoria Rubio (Spokoyny lab) has been selected for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) 2024 Space Scholars Program to work on the synthesis and characterization of polymer films […]

AFRL Space Scholars Program
May 14