An external investigation found that women faculty at UCLA’s Alzheimer’s disease research center were discriminated against by men in the center and were treated in an unprofessional and demeaning way, according to a letter obtained by the Los Angeles Times. Read more...
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Researchers with the California NanoSystems Institute recently developed a new battery-like supercapacitor, a device that stores charge, which may rival conventional energy storage technology. The Kaner Laboratory, where the capacitor was created, published a paper on the technology in early March and presented it Saturday at the Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference in Chemistry and Biochemistry in San Diego. Read more...
Photo: Researchers with the California NanoSystems Institute demonstrate a new battery-like supercapacitor, which allows for larger battery storage. (Courtesy of Penny Jennings)
University of California, San Francisco announced Tuesday that Gov. Jerry Brown has committed $3 million in state funds to a UC Health system project that aims to advance precision medicine. Read more...
Photo: UC Health, of which Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is a member, is participating in an initiative to advance precision medicine. (Daily Bruin File Photo)
Through a necklace device that tracks the amount of food and drink a person consumes, a UCLA lab is trying to create technology that would improve preventive medicine. Read more...
Photo: Haik Kalantarian, a graduate student in computer science, has helped produce a necklace that tracks its wearer’s food and drink intake. Kalantarian said the engineering aspect of the necklace is well-developed, but it needs design modifications to improve comfort and appearance. (Matt Cummings/Daily Bruin)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently instructed a pair of UCLA researchers to stop promoting an experimental brain scan that uses an unapproved drug to detect long-term neurological damage. Read more...
When Patti Davis’ father announced his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease to America through a letter in 1994, strangers began approaching her in public to share their personal stories and struggles with the disease. Read more...
Photo: Patti Davis, who co-facilitates a support group called Beyond Alzheimer’s twice a week, spoke to attendees at the 2nd annual I-CareD Bootcamp for Caregivers of Dementia. (Allison Ong/Daily Bruin)
The new nap room in Powell was full during Thursday of week two. Students napped on mats, the lights dimmed and the room silent. Sleep Week, an event across campus to promote the importance of sleep, took place this week. Read more...
Photo: Jabril Muhammad, a first-year sociology and mathematics student, Clara Vara Escamilla, a first-year biology student, and Joyce Lin, a first-year psychobiology student, supervise the napping area in Powell. (Manvel Kapukchyan/Daily Bruin)
