The UCLA Center for Prehospital Care is launching two pilot programs Tuesday in Los Angeles that aim to reduce overcrowding in emergency rooms and hospitals. The programs will be launched at UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica and four Glendale clinics, said Cathy Chidester, director of the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica will house one of UCLA’s Community Paramedic Pilot Programs to reduce emergency room overcrowding. (Courtesy of UCLA Medical Center)

Jean Paul Santos spent nine months designing and building a lightweight antenna he could hold in his hand. Although the thin, computer chip-like device is smaller than an iPhone, the antenna has the potential to improve interplanetary communication between Mars and Earth. Read more...

Photo: Jean Paul Santos, a graduate student in electrical engineering, holds an antenna prototype that could lead to direct communication between the Mars rover and Earth in the 2020 mission. 

It took eight hours for Renee Dua to see a doctor after she rushed her son to the emergency room last year. After a long and stressful wait, doctors told Dua her 8-month-old son was fine. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Renee Dua became a doctor and founded a company that brings back doctor house calls. (Heal)