UCLA researchers have found a way to predict how individuals with depression will respond to electroconvulsive therapy, a common treatment for the disorder. In electroconvulsive therapy, doctors stimulate the patient’s brain with electrical pulses while they are under anesthesia. Read more...
Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo) In a study published Feb. 27, researchers found the same proteins that prevent some patients from responding well to antidepressants might make them respond better to ECT.
UCLA astronomers are preparing to observe a star approaching a black hole to test Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity. In a study published in February, UCLA astronomers in the Galactic Center Group, a research team focused on studying the center of the Milky Way, showed the star S2 is likely a single star, rather than a binary star. Read more...
Photo: UCLA astronomers in the Galactic Center Group, a research team focused on studying the center of the Milky Way, showed the star S2 is likely a single star, rather than a binary star. (Photo courtesy of UCLA Galactic Center Group)
A division in the David Geffen School of Medicine received a $1.2 million donation to research inflammatory bowel diseases. The Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases received a gift from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, a philanthropic organization focused on education, research and the arts, according to a university press release. Read more...
Photo: The Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases received a $1.2 million gift from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to research inflammatory bowel diseases. (UCLA Newsroom)
Two UCLA professors received grants for their research on metal alloys for fuel cells. The National Science Foundation awarded a team of researchers including Jianwei Miao, a professor of physics and astronomy, Yu Huang, a professor of materials science and engineering, and another faculty member from the University of Colorado Boulder, with the Special Creativity Award, according to a UCLA press release Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: The National Science Foundation awarded a team of researchers, including two UCLA professors, to extend their research on developing a cheaper alloy catalyst. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Patrick Deshpande came to UCLA as a materials engineering student but switched to computer science after taking an introductory computer science class so he could learn to code solutions to real-world problems. Read more...
Photo: Hacker Expo 2018 featured various programming projects by UCLA students. Organizers preselected 25 projects that Facebook engineers judged for creativity and design. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Assistant Photo editor)
A UCLA alumnus and Nobel laureate shared his latest research on RNA sorting into exosomes at a seminar Wednesday. More than 250 people packed into an auditorium in Geffen Hall to listen to Randy Schekman, who shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a set of genes required for intracellular transportation of molecules in sacs called vesicles. Read more...
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UCLA researchers found that rising sea levels could lead to the complete loss of salt marshes in Southern California by 2100. The study, published by researchers in the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability on Feb. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers predict Southern California salt marshes will disappear within the century. (Photo courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
