Physical Sciences

Collage by UCLA. Individual photos: Top row (left to right): Unsplash/Joseph Barrientos; Unsplash/Rohan Reddy; NASA Scientific Visualization Studio Bottom row (left to right): Andrew Innerarity/California Department of Water Resources; iStock.com; Ralph Timmermann/Alfred Wegener Institute

The global good: How UCLA is working toward a healthier, cleaner and more sustainable planet

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A blue, green and yellow banner that reads, from top to bottom: blue + gold = green | Celebrating Earth Month at UCLA

Celebrating Earth Month 2025 at UCLA

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Robert Gould, in dark jacket and blue shirt, holding a microphone

Classroom to community: Hundreds to compete in UCLA’s 15th annual DataFest hackathon

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Collage of UCLA faculty elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science for 2024

10 UCLA faculty named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Vacant fenced-off land with the works "Small Lots - Big Impacts" superimposed in white font.

New initiative to design innovative starter homes on vacant land launches

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Julio Frenk and Los Angeles City Council member Katy Yaroslavsky, surrounded by supporters at City Hall, holding up the council’s proclamation welcoming Frenk to Los Angeles.

UCLA Chancellor Frenk gets a warm Los Angeles welcome at City Hall

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A group of students and UCLA staff standing in front of foliage and a building

Latinx Success Center blossoms on UCLA campus to support students, community

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Andrea Ghez receiving her Nobel Prize citation.

Discoveries that changed the world: Meet UC’s women Nobel laureates, including UCLA’s Andrea Ghez and Elinor Ostrom

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An illustration of a periodic table of elements treated with a blue and orange gradient.

How the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department has grown into a teaching powerhouse at UCLA

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A logarithmic spiral with a diameter of 500 μm, approximately half the diameter of a sewing needle.

How chemistry and force etch mysterious spiral patterns on solid surfaces

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