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California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 14h

It’s #NationalNanotechnologyDay! 🧫

New @cnsiatucla.bsky.social research led by director Jeff F. Miller uncovers how bacteria in the gut microbiome evolve to adapt and thrive—insights that could help engineer healthier microbiomes for life🔬

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October 9, 2025 | Sped-up evolution may help bacteria take hold in gut microbiome, UCLA-led research team finds - California NanoSystems Institute

Everywhere you go, you carry a population of microbes in your gastrointestinal tract that outnumber the human cells making up your body. This microbiome has important connections to health in your gut...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 1d

In celebration of #NationalNanotechnologyDay on 10/9, check out this feat. Yu Huang (@uclasamueli.bsky.social @cnsiatucla.bsky.social) highlighting how nanoscience is shaping the future of sustainable technology 🌿

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#nationalnanotechnologyday #ai #quantumcomputing | California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA

In celebration of #NationalNanotechnologyDay on 10/9 (a nod to 10⁻⁹, the nanoscale), check out this clip highlighting how nanoscience is shaping the future of sustainable technology 🌿 In this video, ...

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California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats to former @cnsiatucla.bsky.social member and @uclacb.bsky.social prof Omar Yaghi, who has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize for pioneering MOFs—a groundbreaking class of materials w transformative potential for clean energy, carbon capture, & water harvesting🏅
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October 8, 2025 | Former CNSI Member Omar Yaghi Wins 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - California NanoSystems Institute

Omar M. Yaghi, a former professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCLA who is currently the James and Neeltje Tretter Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley, has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in c...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 2d

In celebration of #NationalNanotechnologyDay on 10/9 (a nod to 10⁻⁹, the nanoscale), check out this clip feat. @pswnano.bsky.social @uclacb.bsky.social @cnsiatucla.bsky.social ) highlighting how collaboration drives the field of nanoscience 🧬

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to @ucla.edu prof. C.K. Ken Yang (@uclasamueli.bsky.social, @cnsiatucla.bsky.social), who, in August of this year, was named the inaugural holder of the Tatsuo Itoh Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCLA Engineering!

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August 25, 2025 | Professor C.K. Ken Yang Named as Inaugural Holder of Tatsuo Itoh Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering - California NanoSystems Institute

FEATURED NEWS California NanoSystems Institute > News > Member News > August 25, 2025 | Professor C.K. Ken Yang Named as Inaugural Holder of Tatsuo Itoh Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engine...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 8d

At @ucla.edu , @cnsiatucla.bsky.social member Dino Di Carlo turned his idea for nanovials into a biotech innovation advancing drug discovery & diagnostics worldwide. With federal funding + Magnify support, this research makes real-world impact. #ResearchPowersProgress
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October 1, 2025 | UCLA Research: Engineering discoveries into solutions at the tiniest scales - California NanoSystems Institute

For bioengineer Dino Di Carlo, invention is inseparable from practice. A professor at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, he moves fluidly between the worlds of discovery, translation and entrepre...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations to @cnsiatucla.bsky.social member Jose Rodriguez, associate professor at @uclachem, on receiving the inaugural @uclasenate.bsky.social Service Rising Star Award!

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September 24, 2025 | Jose Rodriguez receives inaugural UCLA Academic Senate Service Rising Star Award - California NanoSystems Institute

Professor Jose Rodriguez is one of two UCLA faculty members selected for the inaugural 2024–25 UCLA Academic Senate Service Rising Star Award. The award recognizes his service on the Graduate Council ...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 9d

CNSI members Xiangfeng Duan (@uclachem) & Yu Huang (@uclaengineering.bsky.social) led a @ucla.edu team in creating a stretchable, light-emitting material by combining 2D MoS₂ w/ Nafion:

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September 25, 2025 | New stretchable light-emitting material holds promise for photon-based devices - California NanoSystems Institute

A research team led by the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, or CNSI, demonstrated a new type of light-emitting material expected to be suitable for photonics — devices based in light in the s...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 10d

Can #AI go green? @cnsiatucla.bsky.social associate dir Aydogan Ozcan (@uclaengineering.bsky.social)+ @ucla.edu researchers built a photonics-based system that generates images w/ far less energy than todays models—offering efficiency & security:
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September 26, 2025 | Sustainable generative AI: UCLA develops novel light-based system - California NanoSystems Institute

Today’s popular chatbots and image generators have a severe downside for the environment. These examples of generative artificial intelligence leave a substantial carbon footprint due to outsized ener...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 13d

In 2024, @cnsiatucla.bsky.social member Gerard Wong (@uclaengineering.bsky.social) and colleagues uncovered the two-step process behind mitochondrial fission—a discovery that could inform new treatments for cancer, diabetes & neurodegeneration:
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September 25, 2025 | Mitochondrial secrets revealed: UCLA-led team discovers physics of how cell’s powerhouse splits to reproduce - California NanoSystems Institute

Nearly every cell in your body depends on mitochondria to survive and function properly. Mitochondria earned the nickname “powerhouse of the cell” because they provide 90% of our bodies’ energy. Less ...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 17d

In a 2024 study, @cnsiatucla member Donald Kohn (@UCLAstemcell) and a @UCLA team developed a stem cell gene therapy that could offer a one-time cure for children with alpha thalassemia major:
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September 17, 2025 | UCLA scientists advance gene therapy for deadly blood disorder - California NanoSystems Institute

Thanks to groundbreaking in-utero blood transfusion technology, what was once a fatal diagnosis in the womb can now result in live births. However, this medical advancement created a new challenge: a ...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 20d

In a 2024 @nature.com study, @cnsiatucla.bsky.social members Pri Narang & Yu Huang with @berkeleylab.lbl.gov captured the first atomic-scale view of a catalyst in action—pointing to cleaner, more efficient energy solutions ⚡️🔬
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June 20, 2024 | Atomic view of a chemical catalyst during electrically charged reaction is a scientific first - California NanoSystems Institute

Chemical reactions spurred with electricity are behind products essential for everyday life, and are expected to play a part in creating sustainable fuels derived from carbon dioxide. A newly develope...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 23d

The Semiconductor Microelectronics Training Program—offered by the @cnsiatucla.bsky.social and @uclaengineering.bsky.social—is preparing the next generation of engineers and scientists for careers in one of the most in-demand industries. 🚀

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September 16, 2025 | From classroom to cleanroom: Students gain skills through CNSI and UCLA Samueli’s semiconductor program - California NanoSystems Institute

Offered by the California NanoSystems Institute, CNSI, and the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, the Semiconductor Microelectronics Training Program is preparing the next generation of engineers and...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · 28d

Celebrating the latest Magnify Internship Program cohort at @cnsiatucla.bsky.social! Undergrads gained hands-on startup experience in research + business, building skills + confidence for careers at UCLA, Stanford, Merck & more:

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September 10, 2025 | CNSI Magnify Internship Program Celebrates Third Cohort of Student Innovators – Magnify Incubator at CNSI

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California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · Sep 8

🗓️ This Thursday, Sept 11 at 12 PM PT! Kelp Kulture will be hosting their next seminar featuring Dr. Drew Lucas, physical oceanographer at @Scripps_Ocean and @UCSanDiego on how vertical migration fuels harmful algal blooms (red tides).

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California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · Sep 5

In Oct 2024, a @ucla.edu study led by firefighter-scientist Derek Urwin w/ @cnsiatucla.bsky.social member Anastassia Alexandrova found that some smoke chemicals may be more carcinogenic than known ones.
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October 28, 2024 | Chemicals produced by fires show potential to raise cancer risk - California NanoSystems Institute

FEATURED NEWS California NanoSystems Institute > Physical Science > Chemistry > October 28, 2024 | Chemicals produced by fires show potential to raise cancer risk Chemicals produced by fires show pote...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · Sep 3

Former @cnsiatucla.bsky.social director @pswnano.bsky.social and @ucla.edu alum Amir Nasajpour co-founded Entropic Biosciences, 1/5 companies awarded BioTools Innovator funding:

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August 25, 2025 | UCLA spinout Entropic Biosciences awarded $200K for high-throughput 3D skin model project - California NanoSystems Institute

Entropic Biosciences, Inc., a start-up biotech company founded at UCLA in Professor Paul Weiss’ group based on the thesis of alumnus Dr. Amir Nasajpour (Ph.D. ’23), is one of only five companies award...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · Sep 2

CNSI associate director Andre Nel was featured in @sciam.bsky.social's latest deep dive on peanut allergy, underscoring how cutting-edge science is reshaping our understanding of food allergies and advancing life-saving treatments 🥜
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New Therapies May Free Kids from the Deadly Threat of Peanut Allergy

Remarkable new treatments can free millions of kids and adults from the deadly threat of peanut allergy, tackling one of our fastest-growing medical problems

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California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · Sep 2

Solar makes up <3% of US electricity, partly due to costly silicon cells. In 2022 @cnsiatucla.bsky.social member Yang Yang’s @ucla.edu team advanced perovskite tech—making solar more cheap/durable. A breakthrough still shaping the field today. #ResearchPowersProgress

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December 14, 2022 | UCLA-led research could lead to more durable solar cells - California NanoSystems Institute

An international research collaboration led by UCLA has developed a way to use perovskite in solar cells while protecting it from the conditions that cause it to deteriorate. In a study published in N...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · Aug 26

In 2023 @ucla.edu researchers published an NIH-funded study in @nature.com on SymphNode—a tiny implant that disables tumor-protecting immune cells & activates tumor-killing ones. Now advanced by Symphony Biosciences at the Magnify Incubator:
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January 4, 2023 | Tiny implantable device designed by UCLA scientists helps kill cancer - California NanoSystems Institute

Now, an interdisciplinary UCLA research team reports encouraging results in laboratory studies testing a tiny implantable device they call a SymphNode, which is designed to keep regulatory T cells in ...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · Aug 25

Researchers at @ucla.edu & @ucriverside.bsky.social built a computing system using oscillator networks—bridging #quantummechanics w/ physics for faster optimization. Led by prof Alex Balandin (@cnsiatucla.bsky.social @uclaengineering.bsky.social)
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August 22, 2025 | Computer hardware advance solves complex optimization problems - California NanoSystems Institute

A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as arrangin...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · Aug 22

Researchers led by @ucla.edu prof Aydogan Ozcan (@cnsiatucla.bsky.social @uclaengineering.bsky.social) developed AQuA, an #AI tool that spots “hallucinations” in virtually stained tissue images with 99.8% accuracy—even outperforming pathologists:
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August 21, 2025 | AI watching AI: Dangerous errors in digital pathology caught by UCLA system - California NanoSystems Institute

A team led by researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA created an artificial intelligence-based tool to assist an emerging technology for digital pathology. AI systems are currently...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · Aug 21

Only 1/9 survive 5 yrs after #pancreaticcancer diagnosis. @UCLA prof Andre Nel (@cnsiatucla @uclahealth) developed a nanoparticle therapy that reprograms the liver’s immune system to fight tumors—showing promise for new treatments. #ResearchPowersProgress
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March 5, 2025 | Nanoparticle immune therapy shows potential in mice to treat and prevent spread of pancreatic cancer to liver - California NanoSystems Institute

FEATURED NEWS California NanoSystems Institute > News > Member News > March 5, 2025 | Nanoparticle immune therapy shows potential in mice to treat and prevent spread of pancreatic cancer to liver Nano...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · Aug 20

Big news! The NSF has renewed $19.8M for BioPACIFIC MIP—a @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social & @cnsiatucla.bsky.social partnership advancing sustainable, bio-based materials w/ AI, robotics & synthetic biology, that also trains the next-gen workforce:
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August 20, 2025 | UCLA, UC Santa Barbara’s BioPACIFIC MIP earns renewed NSF support to accelerate AI-driven biobased materials innovation - California NanoSystems Institute

The U.S. National Science Foundation has renewed funding for BioPACIFIC MIP — Biomaterials, Polymers and Advanced Constructs from Integrated Chemistry Materials Innovation Platform — a collaboration b...

California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA @cnsiatucla.bsky.social · Aug 19

In a 2024 @nature.com study, @ucla.edu profs Yu Huang & Xiangfeng Duan @cnsiatucla.bsky.social created semiconductors w/ up to 50% magnetic atoms—a leap for spintronics & quantum tech. Could mean faster, cooler, greener computing. #ResearchPowersProgress
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July 21, 2025 | Semiconductors get magnetic boost with new method from UCLA researchers - California NanoSystems Institute

The investigators demonstrated the ability to produce semiconductor materials containing up to 50% magnetic atoms, whereas current methods are often limited to a concentration of magnetic atoms no gre...