The team has engineered a cell phone device that, in conjunction with a smartphone application, reads rapid diagnostic tests and transfers the information onto an online server. Read more...
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April 30, 1:18 am
Runners participate in 13th Bruin Run/Walk to raise funds for Chase Child Life Program
Runners clad in brightly colored shirts emblazoned with team names such as "Team Emily" and "Team Super Jesus" gathered in Wilson Plaza. Read more...
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Hundreds of runners take off Sunday morning from the starting line of UCLA’s Bruin Run/Walk, a 5K charity event that benefits the Mattel Children’s Hospital.
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April 30, 1:06 am
Bruin Run/Walk cause inspires avid Bruin runner to participate in 5K event
As the sun rose over Janss Steps early Sunday, Jeffrey Lin ran past the line framed by two "Finish" flags in Wilson Plaza and, in the process, crossed an item off his UCLA bucket list. Read more...
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Jeffrey Lin, seeker on the UCLA Quidditch team and a third-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student, runs in the 5K event.
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April 30, 1:01 am
Patients, families find hope in Chase Child Life Program at Mattel Children’s Hospital
Grace Suomi ran in the Bruin Run/Walk for the first time last year, just two days after finishing her last session of chemotherapy. Read more...
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April 26, 1:17 am
UCLA researchers discover single genetic change linked to IQ and brain size
A link between genetics and brain size has been established by a team led by neurology researchers at UCLA, working as part of an international collaborative research project, showing that single genetic changes play a role in determining brain volume and IQ. Read more...
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April 25, 1:17 am
Not by the book: Guerilla Science cofounder Mark Rosin teaches concepts in unexpected ways at music festivals
During his day job as a postdoctoral researcher in UCLA's Department of Mathematics, Mark Rosin sits in his sparsely furnished office, getting up to jot down algorithms on his chalkboard and meeting with faculty, staff and graduate students. Read more...
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Mark Rosin, a researcher in the UCLA Department of Mathematics, cofounded Guerilla Science, which seeks to introduce science in unexpected places. The organization tries to prove that science is a part of everyday life and that people should think about and question it.
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March 1, 1:43 am
Robot developed by UCLA graduate students is at cutting edge of surgical mentorship
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.
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