At 6:30 a.m., before summer crowds swarm the beach, Aydogan Ozcan and his research team arrive below the Santa Monica Pier. One researcher scoops up ocean water with a jar and inserts two small tubes, allowing the water to steadily flow into a sleek black box that is connected to a laptop. Read more...
Photo: Pictures of organisms from the flow cytometer. (Courtesy of Ozcan Research Group)
UCLA researchers investigated the consequences of language mismatch that occurs when physicians and patients cannot speak the same language. Researchers from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative analyzed California census data in a study released earlier this month to gather evidence and develop policy solutions to address the shortage of Spanish-speaking physicians in California. Read more...
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This post was updated Oct. 2 at 4:58 p.m. UCLA researchers developed a virtual reality visualization of zebrafish hearts for use in medical treatment and surgical training. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of JCI Insight) A visualization of a zebrafish’s heart from a previous paper the lab published.
MAGI grasped a silver cup between its two metal claws in one hand. With the other hand, the robot dropped a red, bubble gum-sized ball into the cup. Read more...
Photo: (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor) Graduate students in RoMeLa temporarily fix MAGI’s arm.
This post was updated Sept. 23 at 10:07 p.m. A Los Angeles judge dismissed criminal charges against a UCLA professor whose failure to enforce proper safety precautions resulted in a 2008 lab fire and the death of a lab assistant. Read more...
Photo: The Molecular Biology Institute, where the fire happened almost 10 years ago. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: Why do we eat for pleasure, instead of for necessity? Read more...
Photo: (Nicole Anisgard Parra/Daily Bruin)
Austin Tedman read his classmate’s essay carefully and began meticulously grading the paper. Although the program doesn’t require it, he typed out a carefully worded justification for each one of his assessments. Read more...
Photo: Many UCLA students feel that CPR does not enhance their understanding of class material. (Daily Bruin file photo)
