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October 1, 2019 | 2019 NIH Director’s awards for High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program Announced
October 1, 2019 | 2019 NIH Director's awards for High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program Announced Ninety-three awards will fund highly innovative, high-impact biomedical research. by National Institutes of Health 2019 National Institute of Health Director's Early...
September 17, 2019 | Small world, big insights
The effects of nanoscience are at once ubiquitous and invisible. They’re baked into everything from sunscreen and disinfectants to batteries and consumer electronics. But the action takes place at scales of one-billionth of a meter, far beyond the range of the naked...
September 11, 2019 | UCLA-led research reveals potential treatments for deadly tropical disease
September 11, 2019 | UCLA-led research reveals potential treatments for deadly tropical disease One medicine is already FDA-approved for other uses, the second is a new synthetic antibiotic. by Wayne Lewis Philip Bulterys and colleagues tested more than 220,000...
September 11, 2019 | Ali Khademhosseini elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
September 11, 2019 | Ali Khademhosseini elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada by UCLA Samueli Newsroom Dr. Ali Khademhosseini, UCLA’s Levi James Knight, Jr. Professor of Engineering. (photo credit: UCLA Samueli School of...
September 9, 2019 | Soft-bodied swimming robot uses only light for power and steering
September 9, 2019 | Soft-bodied swimming robot uses only light for power and steering Matthew Chin | September 9, 2019 The robot's tail flapped 35 times per minute, enough to move OsciBot 1.15 times its body length per minute -- about twice as fast as comparable...
September 5 2019 | Study shows how serotonin and a popular anti-depressant affect the gut’s microbiota
Anew study in mice led by UCLA biologists strongly suggests that serotonin and drugs that target serotonin, such as anti-depressants, can have a major effect on the gut’s microbiota — the 100 trillion or so bacteria and other microbes that live in the human body’s...
August 26, 2019 | Researchers flip how electrical signals move liquid droplets
August 26, 2019 | Researchers flip how electrical signals move liquid droplets The advance – using an electrical push rather than a pull – could lead to more reliable medical diagnostic tools by Matthew Chin Still from video showing electrowetting. (Photo Credit: CJ...
August 23, 2019 | Professors elected as Senior Members of NAI
August 23, 2019 | Professors elected as Senior Members of NAI Two UCLA Electrical & Computer Engineering Professors have been elected as Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Professor Rob Candler (left) and Professor Sam Emaminejad (right)...
Aug 21, 2019 | Deep learning enables scientists to identify cancer cells in blood in milliseconds
August 21, 2019 | Deep learning enables scientists to identify cancer cells in blood in milliseconds Technique could allow cells to be extracted in real time, help prevent cancer from spreading. by UCLA Newsroom This article was originaly published by UCLA Newsroom. ...