Investigators: Ausaf Bari; Aydin Babakhani; Inna Keselman form a multidisciplinary collaboration aiming to better understand and treat epilepsy. He and his colleagues are developing an implantable electrode for wirelessly monitoring and stimulating the brains of people confronted with serious seizure disorders. The device tackles a substantial obstacle for current treatment approaches — locating the section of the brain where seizures originate. Learn more about the 2021 Noble Fund awardees at: https://cnsi.ucla.edu/noble-fund UCLA research teams hastening progress in areas from cancer treatment to clean energy have received a philanthropic boost from the Noble Family Innovation Fund. Created through a three-year, $10 million commitment to the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, the Noble Fund supports basic and translational investigations into phenomena occurring on the nanoscale — that is, billionths of a meter. A primary focus is on projects with the potential to launch knowledge-driven commercial enterprises and benefit society. For the second year of funding, the CNSI kicked off a competitive process with the solicitation of letters of intent in February 2022. Grants of up to $250,000 and two years were awarded to a dozen teams pursuing high-risk, high-reward science and engineering.