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February 26, 12:45 am

UCLA professors conduct research on effects of Woolsey fire on local ecosystems

UCLA professors are conducting a field research study to examine how wildfire severity affects species native to the Santa Monica Mountains. Brad Shaffer, a distinguished professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, and Jon Keeley, an adjunct professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology, are researching the effect of the Woolsey fire on plant and animal species in the federal parkland of the Santa Monica Mountains. Read more...

Photo: Last November, the Woolsey fire burned over 80 percent of the federal parkland of the Santa Monica Mountains. (Axel Lopez/Assistant Photo editor)

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February 24, 10:51 pm

Virtual reality testing on rats to reveal insights into human brain

UCLA researchers are developing virtual reality for rats to better understand human spatial perception. Researchers in the lab of Mayank Mehta, a professor of neurology and neurobiology, placed rats in small cylindrical containers and used a projector to simulate a cubical room with distinct visual patterns on each wall. Read more...

Photo: Researchers in the lab of Mayank Mehta, a professor of neurology and neurobiology, placed rats in small cylindrical containers and used a projector to simulate a cubical room with distinct visual patterns on each wall. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)

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February 22, 12:09 am

UCLA study finds that benefits of robotic surgery outweigh costs

Robotic surgery is expensive but its long-term health benefits might pay off in the long run. Chris Childers, a general surgery resident at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, analyzed financial statements of Intuitive Surgical, a leading surgery robot manufacturer, to evaluate how cost-effective robotic surgery is. Read more...

Photo: Erik Dutson, a general surgeon at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, said he thinks robots reduce complications in surgery and make up for cost. (MacKenzie Coffman/Assistant Photo editor)

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February 20, 11:52 pm

UCLA resident physicians continue negotiations over salary and housing stipend

Resident physicians at UCLA will continue bargaining with the university over their salaries, an incomplete housing stipend and other benefits after more than four months of negotiation. Read more...

Photo: UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine administrators promised a $5,000 stipend and allotted an extra $1,250 per stipend to cover taxes. However, psychiatry resident Michael Mensah said in the email chain he consulted an experienced payroll manager and concluded nearly $3,500, not $1,250, were needed to cover taxes. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)

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February 19, 11:52 pm

Professors of economics and engineering awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

Three UCLA professors were awarded fellowships to continue research in their respective fields Tuesday. Denis Chetverikov, Yongjie Hu and Aaswath Raman were among 126 United States and Canadian researchers who received the 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship. Read more...

Photo: UCLA professors Denis Chetverikov, Yongjie Hu and Aaswath Raman received $70,000 from the 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship for their research. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)

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February 19, 11:47 pm

Lowered brain cell growth may lead to poor sleep patterns in elderly, study shows

Poor sleep among the elderly may be a result of declining brain cell growth and development, according to UCLA researchers. Researchers in the lab of Noor Alam, an adjunct professor of medicine at UCLA and a research physiologist in the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, described how declining neural development may cause difficulty falling asleep or staying awake in aging individuals in a study published February. Read more...

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February 19, 11:38 pm

Healthy Campus Initiative grows in scope with community gardening event

This post was updated Feb. 21 at 2:29 p.m. A campus initiative is working to centralize the various health and sustainability projects on campus to tackle issues of physical, mental and emotional well-being. Read more...

Photo: The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center organized a community gardening event Tuesday to teach staff members about growing their own food. (Emily Ng/Daily Bruin)


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