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April 13, 2018 | UCLA study produces clearest images to date of HSV-1, the virus that causes cold sores
UCLA researchers have produced the clearest 3-D images to date of the virus that causes cold sores, herpes simplex virus type 1, or HSV-1. The images enabled them to map the virus’ structure and offered new insights into how HSV-1 works. UCLA study produces clearest...
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April 10, 2018 | Deep learning transforms smartphone microscopes into laboratory-grade devices
The advance could help bring high-quality medical diagnostics into resource-poor regions, where people otherwise do not have access to high-end diagnostic technologies. And the technique uses attachments that can be inexpensively produced with a 3-D printer, at less...
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April 5, 2018 | Bacteria can pass on memory to descendants, UCLA-led team discovers
“This is a huge surprise to us and to the field,” said Gerard Wong, a professor of bioengineering and of chemistry and biochemistry, member of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA and one of the study’s senior authors. Bacteria can pass on memory to...
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March 26, 2018 | UCLA incubator helps drive innovations, assisting early-stage tech and life science companies
Housed right on the UCLA campus inside the California NanoSystems Institute, Magnify (formerly known as the CNSI Incubator), helps startups succeed by providing access to high-end scientific equipment and entrepreneurial networking opportunities to reduce the time and...
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March 14, 2018 | Top South African university honors Prof André Nel
André Nel, distinguished professor of medicine and associate director of the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, was recently bestowed an honorary doctorate by Stellenbosch University, one of Africa and South Africa’s leading tertiary institutions. Top South...
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March 15, 2018 | How Michael Jung’s team created a drug to extend the lives of men with prostate cancer
Fifteen years ago, Michael Jung was already an eminent scientist when his wife asked him a question that would change his career, and extend the lives of many men with a particularly lethal form of prostate cancer. How Michael Jung’s team created a drug to extend the...
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March 14, 2018 | Nanostructures created by UCLA scientists could make gene therapies safer, faster and more affordable
UCLA scientists have developed a new method that utilizes microscopic splinter-like structures called “nanospears” for the targeted delivery of biomolecules such as genes straight to patient cells. These magnetically guided nanostructures could enable gene therapies...
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March 8, 2018 | UCLA researchers develop a new class of two-dimensional materials
A research team led by UCLA scientists and engineers has developed a method to make new kinds of artificial “superlattices” — materials comprised of alternating layers of ultra-thin “two-dimensional” sheets, which are only one or a few atoms thick. Unlike current...
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February 23, 2018 | Inspired by nature: Design for new electrode could boost supercapacitors’ performance
Mechanical engineers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and four other institutions have designed a super-efficient and long-lasting electrode for supercapacitors. Inspired by nature: Design for new electrode could boost...
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