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UCLA scientists working to create smaller, faster integrated circuits
Wednesday, December 19, 2007

A team of UCLA scientists has now demonstrated substantial improvements in integrated circuits, achieved not by costly improvements in manufacturing but by improved computer-aided design software based on better mathematical algorithms.

The traditional way to achieve smaller, faster integrated circuits — also known as silicon chips — is by building smaller and smaller transistors and thinner wires. While the computer industry has made smaller, improved devices, Cong, Chan and their colleagues are improving the design of the chip itself.

CNSI opening envisions exciting future for nanotechnology
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Leaders from UCLA, industry and government who had a hand in the creation of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI), scientists from many different fields and guests gathered Dec. 14 for the dedication of its new UCLA home in the Court of Sciences.

About 75 faculty members from UCLA will be working with more than 300 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars as well as industry scientists and researchers from other universities. They will come from such fields as biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics, material science, computational science, medicine and engineering.

Latest state grants to conduct stem cell research go to three UCLA scientists
Thursday, December 13, 2007

Three UCLA scientists received grants totaling $7.5 million Dec. 12 from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to conduct leading-edge research that may help shed light on the developmental and molecular biology of stem cells.

UCLA award winners include Siavash Kurdistani, an assistant professor of biological chemistry; Hanna Mikkola, an assistant professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology; and Kathrin Plath, an assistant professor of biological chemistry.

UCLA-industry partnership to develop, commercialize new nanotechnology
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Revolutionary technologies developed at UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute promise new hope for cancer sufferers.

The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA and NanoPacific Holdings Inc. have announced a partnership to commercialize a mechanized, nanoparticle-based technology that could lead to prolonged lives of enhanced quality for millions of cancer sufferers.

Under the terms of the partnership, NanoPacific will receive exclusive license to key intellectual property owned by UCLA and developed at the CNSI's Nano Machine Center. The newly formed company will provide funding for further research at the center to broaden the scope of the technology for a diverse range of applications.

Math can mimic real life to create a virtual 'you'
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Mathematician Joseph Teran, a new assistant professor in UCLA's Mathematics Department, is helping to make virtual surgery a viable, lifesaving technology. In the near future, a surgeon will be able to practice a procedure tens or hundreds of times even when the real patient is thousands of miles away, waiting to fly in for surgery. Advances by Teran and other scientists in computational geometry, partial differntial equations and large-scale computing are bringing virtual surgery closer.

He is also applying his mathematical magic to create special effects that are being enjoyed by moviegoers everywhere. His work is part of George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic physical simulation engine. Joseph Teran is organizing a virtual surgery workshop that will take place on campus from Jan.7 to 11 as part of UCLA's Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics.

A virtual cathedral for Digital Age pilgrims
Saturday, November 24, 2007

In a computer lab at UCLA, the worlds of cyberspace and Medieval Europe merge.

A large group of computer engineers, scholars, students and other experts at UCLA have built a virtual cathedral -- a computer re-creation of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral as the building probably appeared when it was dedicated in northwest Spain in 1211.

High-end computation alerts the research landscape
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

The Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE) is poised to assist campus researchers in employing high-end computation and visualization — regarded as an equal and indispensable partner to theory and experiment — in the advance of scientific knowledge.

Under new leadership and with support from Chancellor Gene Block and a campuswide council of deans, IDRE hosted a kick-off event on Oct. 30 at the California NanoSystems Institute to introduce IDRE's mission to the campus community and to showcase computational research currently under way.

Broad Foundation Donates $20 Million to UCLA Stem Cell Institute
Monday, September 10, 2007

The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation is donating $20 million to fund adult and embryonic stem cell research at UCLA, enhancing a program that brings together biologists, chemists, engineers, geneticists and other scientists to develop new and more effective treatments for cancer, HIV/AIDS, Parkinson’s disease, metabolic disorders and other medical conditions.

UCLA Scholars and Students, International Team Resurrect Ancient Rome Digitally
Monday, June 11, 2007

Mayor of Rome Walter Veltroni officiated Monday at the first public viewing of "Rome Reborn 1.0," a 10-year project begun at UCLA and based at the University of Virginia that used advanced technology to digitally rebuild ancient Rome. The event took place at Rome's Palazzo Senatorio on Capitoline Hill, which overlooks the ruins of the ancient Forum.

"This amazing model allows us to appreciate individual buildings of ancient Rome within a broad urban context and thus also to understand how the modern city took shape over time," said Diane Favro, co-initiator of the project and director of the Experiential Technologies Center at UCLA.

Hundreds Turn Out for Digital Research Event
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Hypermedia Berlin was one of more than two dozen digital creations showcased Thursday, May 10 at "Countries, Cultures, Communication: Digital Innovation at UCLA," hosted by the Office of Vice Chancellor for Research Roberto Peccei, the Institute for Digital Research and Education, and the Center for Digital Humanities.

Designed to highlight the innovative uses of digital technology in research and teaching at UCLA, the event also encouraged further interdisciplinary collaboration. Nearly 350 faculty, staff, students and others packed the crowded exhibition space at Perloff Hall, peering at computer monitors, test-driving Web applications, taking notes, and trading ideas and business cards.