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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....
July 1, 2021 | UCLA Scientists Say COVID-19 Test Offers Solution for Population-Wide Testing
In an article appearing in Nature Biomedical Engineering, a team of scientists from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA School of Engineering report real-world results on SwabSeq, a high-throughput testing platform that uses sequencing to test thousands...
June 30, 2021 | CNSI Nanovation Student and Granda Hills High Grad Receives Milken Scholarship
In an article appearing in Nature Biomedical Engineering, a team of scientists from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA School of Engineering report real-world results on SwabSeq, a high-throughput testing platform that uses sequencing to test thousands...
June 14, 2021 | Rapid measurement of aerosol volatility using a deep learning-based portable microscope
A team of UCLA engineers and environmental health scientists created a new method that can directly measure the volatility of particulate matter using a portable microscope that is powered by deep learning. UCLA team’s volatile particle measurement system is based on...
June 9, 2021 | Faster holographic imaging using recurrent neural networks
A research team at UCLA has recently developed a novel holographic phase retrieval technique that can rapidly reconstruct microscopic images of samples with up to 50-fold acceleration compared to existing methods. This new technique is taking advantage of recurrent...
June 2, 2021 | Living Biofoundry brings new synthetic biology and microbial engineering capabilities to campus
The California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA now offers access to a ThermoFisher Scientific Laboratory Automation System, dubbed “the Living Biofoundry.” Living Biofoundry brings new synthetic biology and microbial engineering...
June 1, 2021 | Soft Focus: A Flexible Future for Robots
A quintet of Hong’s faculty researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering are doing the early work to realize robots with an entirely different feel, literally — softer, more pliable and better suited for engaging with people....
May 26, 2021 | Biosolids used as fertilizer could contain more plastic than previously thought
A study by UCLA scientists raises a concern about the makeup of some of the fertilizer being used on crops, gardens and landscaping. A portion of the fertilizer used in the U.S. and around the world comes from a source you might not expect: wastewater treatment...
May 26, 2021 | UCLA Professor Awarded US Army Young Investigator Grant for Fairness in AI Research
Assistant Professor Achuta Kadambi at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has received a Young Investigator Program (YIP) award from the Army Research Office to support his ongoing research into incorporating fairness in the development of imaging and sensing...