Creating a realistic rendering of the human body is hard enough. It would be modest to say Dr. Hong Zhou has turned this challenging task into one that is macroscopically…
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The Prince of Publications
You might think of Professor Kendall Houk as the Shonda Rhimes of Organic Chemistry. Like Rhimes, the writer/producer known for her steady stream of hit television shows including “Grey’s Anatomy”…
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Farther Than the Eye Can See
As for the phrase “as far as the eye can see,” it turns out to be actually not that much. This was proven during the 17th century by Robert Hooke,…
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NSF Video Highlights Bertozzi Group’s Crime Predictor
NSF video illustrates IDRE Executive Committee member Andrea Bertozzi’s Research Group’s work on PredPol, a set of algorithms based on earthquake science that pinpoints the location of potential crimes before…
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The Mathematics of Creativity
While her grade-school classmates were learning the alphabet and how to count to five, Andrea Bertozzi remembers studying negative numbers and modular arithmetic. Math often gets a bad rap as…
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Professor’s Pioneering Research Aims to Democratize Circuit Design
You probably don’t want a doctor who is a general practitioner to perform your open heart surgery. While both a general practitioner and a cardiothoracic surgeon have extensive medical training,…
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What’s to Come: The Science of Epigenetics
Each June, thousands of UCLA students graduate and find themselves thrust out of the familiar university environment. Some have secured full-time jobs, others acceptance to graduate schools, and for many…
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Model: Impossible – How The Marian Group at UCLA Visualizes the Unknown
Imagine stepping into your lab to find that you have captured your very own star on which to conduct research. It’s a nice thought, but housing what amounts to an…
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IDRE Selects Inaugural Fellows
Computer science and medieval art history may not seem like an obvious pairing, but both fields are represented by the diverse group of four UCLA early career researchers who were…
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Cybersecurity Expert Reveals How He Hacks the Hackers
It’s safe to say that hacking has recently blown up on the international stage. However, University of Arizona Regents’ Professor Dr. Hsinchun Chen, who is also the founder and director…
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