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September 16, 2021 | Researchers Infuse Bacteria with Silver to Improve Power Efficiency in Fuel Cells
A UCLA-led team of engineers and chemists has taken a major step forward in the development of microbial fuel cells — a technology that utilizes natural bacteria to extract electrons from organic matter in wastewater to generate electrical currents. A study detailing...
August 24, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence Re-stained Images of Tissue Biopsy Expedite Diagnoses
In lifesaving situations, expedient and accurate diagnostic tools are critical to aid pathologists in examining biopsied tissue samples looking for signs of diseases. UCLA engineers found a new path to achieve that with virtual re-staining of tissue images that is...
August 18, 2021 | Strength in Diversity
Thanks to a Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) award from the National Science Foundation, NMHU, UCSB and UCLA materials scientists will leverage their research, technological prowess and strength in diversity to the problem of petroleum-based...
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...