UCLA researchers uncover new “metal-like” reactivity with phosphines under light to forge useful carbon-nitrogen bonds
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A research team led by Professor Abigail Doyle and graduate student Flora Fan, with graduate student Alexander Maertens and Doyle Princeton group alumna Kassandra Sedillo, has uncovered new “metal-like” reactivity […]
Eric Scerri organizes ISPC annual meeting at UCLA in July, publishes two new articles on the foundations of chemistry
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UCLA chemistry lecturer and author Dr. Eric Scerri is organizing the 29th annual meeting of the International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry (ISPC), to be held at UCLA this July. […]
The Schwartz group’s research on hydrated electrons is featured on the cover of the Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
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Research by a UCLA team led by Professor Benjamin Schwartz and graduate student William Borrelli is featured on the front cover of this week’s Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, a […]
How UCLA scientists helped reimagine a forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison
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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
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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 […]
UCLA researchers develop mineral sunscreen that reduces white cast
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A research team led by Professor Paul Weiss and chemical biology Ph.D. candidate AJ Addae (P. Weiss/Caram groups) has developed a mineral sunscreen formulation that significantly reduces the white, chalky […]
Researchers discover a previously unknown bacterial component in kidney stone formation
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Professor Gerard Wong and bioengineering Ph.D. students William Schmidt and Rena Yang are part of a UCLA-led research team that has discovered that bacteria are present inside the most common […]
Organic chemists take-on more rule-breaking molecules
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In 2024, Professor Neil Garg’s lab, teaming up with Professor Ken Houk, violated Bredt’s rule, a 100-year-old rule stating that molecules cannot have a carbon-carbon double bond at the “bridgehead” position (the […]