Prof. Paul Weiss’ presentation at TEDxOrangeCoast is now available for viewing online. TEDxOrangeCoast is an independent TEDx event operated under license from TED.  With a mission to help turn inspiring ideas into actions, TEDxOrangeCoast brings together a community of like-minded and highly engaged forward-thinking innovators, designers, educators, technologists, and environmentally and socially concerned individuals to […]

The 2013 Seaborg Symposium video recordings are now available for viewing online. You may visit the UCLA Seaborg Symposium website to view the wonderful talks presented by 2013 Seaborg Medalist Ken Houk and his colleagues (Robert Grubbs, William Jorgensen, Paul Wender, Carolyn Bertozzi, and David Baker).

Arlene Russell and Ken Houk have written a biographical memoir of Orville Chapman, eminent UCLA professor who passed away in 2004. The memoir has been published online by the National Academy of Sciences. Excerpt from the NAS memoir: Orville Chapman was widely recognized as a creative scholar and leader in multiple fields of scientific endeavor. […]

The list of winners and photos from the 2013 Departmental Awards Ceremony are now available for viewing online. UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry would like to congratulate all of the winners and extend a special thank you to the guests who were able to join us for the wonderful event on November 18, 2013.  UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS […]

A Tale of Seven Elements by Dr. Eric Scerri has been selected by NewScientist in their list of the best science books of 2013. The full list by NewScientist is available here. First published in 1956, New Scientist is a weekly science and technology magazine read by 778,593 people worldwide each week (NRS Jul 12 – Jun […]

Research by the Zink Group (Tania Guardado-Alvarez, Melissa Russell, and Prof. Jeff Zink) and Schwartz Group (Dr. Lekshmi Sudah Devi and Prof. Ben. Schwartz) was spotlighted by the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS). JACS: Light Flips Open a Snap-Top Silica Nanocontainer  (Leigh Krietsch Boerner, Ph.D.) When designing a drug to be used in […]

SMACS represented UCLA at STEAM Nation 2013, one of the largest events in LA County celebrating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math education (STEAM). UCLA Student Members of the American Chemical Society (SMACS) was invited to be a part of this event, inspiring nearly 2400 students from the 1st through 8th grades, igniting a passion […]

America Public Media’s “Marketplace Tech” recently interviewed Professor Richard Kaner in a feature story about supercapacitors. Marketplace.org: President Obama made it a priority to invest in advanced battery technology as an investment in the future. But another technology is revolutionizing energy storage today: the supercapacitor. Over at UCLA, Dr. Richard Kaner and Maher El-Kady came up […]