Adrian Cheng was an undergraduate student studying physics and math at UCLA just eight years ago, uncertain of how he could contribute to the scientific field.
Category Archives: Science & Health
UCLA grad students bring art and science together as they restore artifacts at the Getty Villa
In a laboratory nestled inside the Getty Villa, art and science are an unusual but vital combination.
Rock Art Archive research culminates in upcoming book “Captured Visions”
Gordon Hull was walking with a group of UCLA volunteers in the Mojave Desert when they came to a steep, rocky surface covered in thousands of sketches.
One of these drawings, a lone sheep, caught Hull’s eye.
UCLA professor discovers some of world’s oldest fossils
A faded blue arrow in the Geology Building points to a glass display case bearing a sign: “World’s Oldest Fossils.”
The information behind the glass explains it all ““ the rock specimens are from Australia and date back 3.5 billion years.
UCLA students interact with history and culture
On a typical day in the field, archaeology graduate student Anne Austin would wake up at 4 a.m.
UCLA health services professor Antronette Yancey created Instant Recess program for 10-minute exercise breaks
Clad in bright purple Nikes and sitting on an inflatable exercise ball, former athlete and UCLA health services professor Antronette Yancey organizes her campaign to get Americans moving.
UCLA researchers find protein linked to the prevention of prostate cancer growth
To battle the constantly mutating enemy of prostate cancer, UCLA researchers decided to forgo the conventional approach of developing specific drugs for the disease.