Carefree children play and roll around in dirt at parks throughout the Los Angeles area every day, unaware of the potential dangers in the park’s soil. Read more...
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March 7, 11:12 pm
New engineering club takes strides toward furthering space technology
Bruin Space is one of the newest student groups to reach for the stars – literally. The engineering club has taken over a circuit room on the roof of Boelter Hall, which students can find by stepping out of an elevator beneath the open sky. Read more...
Photo: A member of Bruin Space works on the technical logistics of Project Reach, which is developing spacecraft technology for a rocket competition this summer. (Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)
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March 7, 12:11 am
UCLA research links head injuries to genes related to mental disorders
Head injuries could cause serious mental illnesses by changing genes in the brain, UCLA researchers found in a recent study. The study found that people who have serious head injuries may develop the same genes associated with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, Parkinson’s disease and other mental disorders. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers Xia Yang and Fernando Gomez-Pinilla published a study on genes altered in head injuries that could help predict some brain disorders. (Courtesy of Reed Hutchinson)
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March 6, 12:26 am
UCLA study aims to improve interaction between LA residents, wildlife
This post was updated March 8 at 3:40 p.m. UCLA researchers are studying how wildlife mammals live in urban Los Angeles to improve the relationship between animals and humans. Read more...
Photo: Jessica Lynch Alfaro, an anthropology associate professor, said if an opossum gets hit by a car, sometimes the babies in the pouch survive and may be fostered by people. In Los Angeles, it is a more common practice to take them to the California Wildlife Center. (Courtesy of Jessica Lynch Alfaro)
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March 2, 6:55 pm
Campus Queries: Why is the ocean blue if water itself has no color?
Campus Queries is a new Q&A series in which Daily Bruin readers send in science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. This week, Daniele Bianchi, assistant professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, answers. Read more...
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February 28, 1:02 am
UCLA researchers describe methods for diagnosing diseases using genetics
Two researchers from a UCLA clinical site explained the genetic approach to diagnosing rare diseases to about 50 UCLA students and faculty members Monday. In honor of Rare Disease Day, Stanley Nelson and Christina Palmer, principal investigators of a UCLA clinical site, discussed how UCLA participates in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network. Read more...
Photo: Stanley Nelson and Christina Palmer are principal investigators of the UCLA clinical site in the Undiagnosed Disease Network. They discussed their research in rare diseases in honor of rare disease day on Tuesday with the UCLA community. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)
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February 23, 10:04 pm
TA shortage requires graduate students to teach outside departments
Some graduate students teach undergraduate courses outside of their departments because of a shortage in teaching assistants. There has been a teaching assistant shortage in divisions like life sciences and physical sciences because the undergraduate student population has increased faster than the graduate student population over the past few years, said Victoria Sork, dean of the life sciences division. Read more...
Photo: Kelsi Rutledge, an ecology and evolutionary biology graduate student, teaches a lab for Life Sciences 1: “Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity.” The life sciences division has recruited graduate students outside of the department to teach undergraduate students as well. (Angelina Ruiz/Daily Bruin)