Aspiring surgeons may one day receive training over the Internet as a result of new technology recently developed by two UCLA graduate student researchers. Read more...
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Stephen Prince, a doctoral candidate in mechanical engineering, demonstrates how to use the LapaRobot. Prince and fellow researcher Christopher Lim created the technology, which trains new surgeon students for the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery test.
Courtesy of Stephen Prince
In his office in the Physics and Astronomy Building, Michael Rich pointed to a black and white image of a galaxy on his desktop computer screen. Read more...
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UCLA research astronomer Michael Rich has used a unique telescope to discover the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449B, a previously unknown companion to the nearby galaxy NGC 4449.
UCLA will see an increase in certified green buildings that use less energy in an effort to cut overall operational costs this year. Read more...
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UCLA CAPITAL PROGRAMS
Court of Sciences Student Center’s rooftop garden is an effort by UCLA to boost green construction on campus.
UCLA researchers are developing what could become the first effective remedy for alcohol-use disorders, which affect more than 76 million people worldwide. The team, led by UCLA researchers and molecular and medical pharmacology professors Jing Liang and Richard Olsen, conducted the research by isolating dihydromyricetin, or DHM, the key ingredient used in centuries-old Chinese treatment for alcohol-related maladies. Their research, published in the Journal of Neuroscience this month, was only conducted on rats. Read more...
A flower, roughly 30 feet in height, slowly emerged through a cluster of trees last fall in the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden. Read more...
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The rare plant from Oaxaca, Mexico, growing in the Botanical Garden is only expected to live one year.
A class-action lawsuit filed in December 2011 against the UC Board of Regents in response to the theft of personal information of UCLA Health System patients in early September 2011 has failed to move forward, according to the plaintiff's attorney. Read more...
Marisa Tellez spared two looks at her left hand minutes after it was bitten by a crocodile. The first one was to see if her pinky finger was there. Read more...
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Marisa Tellez, a graduate student in ecology and environmental biology, researches crocodiles, alligators and parasites.
