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November 27, 2018 | Six UCLA professors named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Six faculty members from UCLA have been selected as 2018 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are to be honored by the association for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications....
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November 6, 2018 | Hypothermia Devices Raises $11M in Funding
Hypothermia Devices Inc., a Brentwood-based medical device company that develops patient cooling-and-heating machines for emergency vehicles and hospitals, has raised nearly $11 million in investor funding, according to a Nov. 6 securities filing. Hypothermia Devices...
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November 5, 2018 | New mobile device identifies airborne allergens using deep learning
UCLA researchers invented a portable device that uses holograms and machine learning to identify and measure airborne biological particles, or bioaerosols, that originate from living organisms such as plants or fungi. Trained to recognize five common allergens —...
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November 2, 2018 | Graduate students inspire young scientists at Feria de Educación 2018
Annually, the California State University Chancellor’s Office in partnership with Univision hosts thousands of Spanish-speaking students and their families to take part in Feria de Educación or “Education Fair,” a community-oriented education event that provides...
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November 2, 2018 | Civil and environmental engineering professor receives major international honor
Researchers led by a UCLA bioengineer have developed a therapy — based on two types of cells joined into a single unit — that could help strengthen existing treatments for acute myeloid leukemia. One of the cells is a blood platelet that carries a drug that attacks...
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October 29, 2018 | Two-cells-in-one combo could be platform to bolster leukemia treatment
Researchers led by a UCLA bioengineer have developed a therapy — based on two types of cells joined into a single unit — that could help strengthen existing treatments for acute myeloid leukemia. One of the cells is a blood platelet that carries a drug that attacks...
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October 29, 2018 | Electronic activity previously invisible to electron microscopes revealed at UCLA
The chips that drive everyday electronic gadgets such as personal computers and smartphones are made in semiconductor fabrication plants. These plants employ powerful transmission electron microscopes. While they can see physical structures smaller than a billionth of...
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October 25, 2018 | Scarless Laboratories Receives FDA Clearance to Initiate Phase I/IIa Trial of SLI-F06 Peptide for Scar Reduction
The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) incubator at UCLA, is pleased to announce that Scarless Laboratories, Inc. (SLI) has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enter a Phase I/IIa Clinical Study of its novel therapeutic peptide,...
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October 22, 2018 | Direct electron detection and x-ray analysis bring new possibilities for materials characterization in the EICN
Housed in the CNSI Electron Imaging Center for NanoMachines (EICN), the FEI Titan 80-300 scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM), is an advanced electron microscope capable of atomic-level imaging and analysis on a wide range of materials and nanostructures....
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