Jaime Marian, a professor of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, will lead UCLA’s efforts as part of an $8 million University of California investment aimed at accelerating progress toward abundant, stable, zero-carbon fusion...

Ioanna Kakoulli, a professor of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, died Jan. 1, 2026, in her home country of Cyprus after a prolonged battle with colon cancer. She was 57. An influential scholar in the study and conservation...

Key takeaways The noise that disrupts communication devices and sensors results from electrons being scattered by defects and temperature-driven vibrations in the materials they travel through. A UCLA-led research team demonstrated that minuscule wires made from two...