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August 18, 2021 | CNSI awards Noble Family Innovation Fund grants to 10 UCLA nanoscience research teams
A new UCLA fund for high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary investigations has awarded its first set of grants. The Noble Family Innovation Fund, established with a philanthropic commitment to the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA totaling $10 million over...
August 17, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence Re-stains Images of Tissue Biopsy with new Stains, Improving Accuracy of Diagnoses
Researchers at UCLA developed a deep learning-based technique which can be used to eliminate the need for these special stains to be prepared by human histotechnologists, by computationally transforming existing images of the H&E stained tissue into special stains....
August 17, 2021 | UCLA-led study could clarify how gut microbes can exacerbate cognitive decline
Recent research has found that changes in the gut microbiota — the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that live in the intestines — can alter the brain and behavior. Now, a study led by scientists at UCLA could elucidate how and why that phenomenon...
August 13, 2021 | Paul Weiss Named Distinguished Professor at IIT Madras
Professor Paul Weiss has been named a Distinguished Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. IIT Madras Distinguished Professorships are awarded to pre-eminent authorities in their fields and who are nationally or internationally recognized for...
August 3, 2021 | Heather Maynard Elected a 2021 ACS Fellow
Polymer chemist Professor Heather Maynard has been elected a 2021 Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The American Chemical Society works to promote public policies that advance the chemistry enterprise and its practitioners. The Fellow of the American...
August 2, 2021 | Deep learning and holography create a better point-of-care sensor
In a new paper published in Lab on a Chip, a team of scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed a rapid and cost-effective particle agglutination based sensor that is powered by holographic imaging and deep learning. A disposable...
July 30, 2021 | Engineers bend light to enhance wavelength conversion
Electrical engineers from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed a more efficient way of converting light from one wavelength to another, opening the door for improvements in the performance of imaging, sensing and communication systems.[xyz-ips...
July 29, 2021 | UCLA Engineers Clinch First Place in Global Sustainability Innovation Competition
A team of UCLA researchers took home the top prize on Wednesday at the 2021 Liveability Challenge for their work on using seawater as a medium for carbon removal. The UCLA startup, SeaChange, secured S$1 million (US$735,000) from the competition which is backed by...
July 29, 2021 | Deep learning improves image reconstruction in optical coherence tomography using less data
In a new paper published in Light: Science & Applications, a team of UCLA and University of Houston (UH) scientists have developed a deep learning-based OCT image reconstruction method that can successfully generate 3D images of tissue specimen using significantly...
July 15, 2021 | Wearable Sensors with Wide-Ranging Strain Sensitivity
A collaborative team from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation has designed a wearable strain sensing device that can effectively detect a wide range of strains. In order to maximize the stretchiness of this sensor, the TIBI researchers drew inspiration...
July 12, 2021 | 2021 NSF PREM grants to broaden participation in cutting-edge materials research
Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation awarded its latest grants through PREM, Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials, to support eight collaborative research teams across the United States that will increase diversity in cutting-edge materials...
July 12, 2021 | Incubators Nurture Local Bioscience Startups
Incubators have long been viewed as crucial to jump-start the development of tech, life science and other companies. However, up until 2004, Los Angeles County had only one bioscience incubator with lab space, a small facility in Chatsworth that recently went defunct....