New solar cells, which can convert light to energy, are so thin they can be laminated and applied to windows or mobile devices, allowing homes and electronics to produce their own electricity while undergoing almost no change to their aesthetic appearance. Read more...

Minasian has been volunteering in a lab since winter quarter of last year, doing what she calls "hands-on" work with the lab's researchers, preserving cell cultures and analyzing the effects of knocking out autism-related genes on cells. Read more...

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Julia Minasian, rising fourth-year neuroscience student

The Higgs boson, known commonly as the "God particle," is thought to be responsible for all of the matter in the universe. But physicists only found evidence of its existence last week. Read more...

Through complex equations and several data sets, UCLA researchers have programmed a supercomputer to predict the future of Los Angeles "“ the future temperature, that is. Read more...

An archaeologist driving around the remote island with her young daughter in tow quickly became a familiar sight to locals of Easter Island. Read more...

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An environmental monitoring system is set up in front of a statue as part of the Easter Island Statue Project. (courtesy of Deidre Whitmore)