Science fiction movies drew him in as a child, but Matt Siegler said the documentary "Cosmos" inspired his passion for researching new frontiers in the universe. Read more...
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Planetary astronomy graduate student Matt Siegler does research at a California Institue of Technology lab and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory using data and samples from planets and moon.
Rob Summers has not been able to stand on his feet for the past four years. Read more...
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Former college baseball pitcher Rob Summers can now move his legs.
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The taste of the exhaust from a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is familiar, like water from a hose. Read more...
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Standing Left to Right:
Omar Sheikh Grad Student
Georgi Baghdasaryan 1st Year Computer Science Engineering
Mike O’Leary R&D Machine Shop
Sean Rosenfeld 4th Year Chemical Engineering
Jay Panchal 2nd Year Phd Mechanical
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Fernando Olmos 2nd Year Phd Chemical Engineering
Inside the Yang laboratories, one student places a solar cell under a sunlight simulator, a device that reproduces natural sunlight. Read more...
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Professor Yang Yang of the Materials Science Department recently developed new solar panel technology using certain chemical compounds.
It is the nervous tick that tips off the detective to the lie. Read more...
The marine snail's siphon, a tube-like organ used for breathing, contracted for about a second when touched. Read more...
May 3, 2011 "“ A recent symposium on campus about Buddhism and neuroscience included a roster of UCLA researchers. Among the participants was longtime student of the brain and Buddhist spirituality, research psychologist Lobsang Rapgay.
Rapgay is the director of the Clinical Training program for Mental Health Professionals at the Mindfulness Awareness Research Center at UCLA. He spoke with the Daily Bruin’s Alex Chen about his life as a former monk and deputy secretary for His Holiness the Dalai Lama as well as how Buddhist concepts are being applied to neuroscience research. [2:12]
Lobsang Rapgay retained his monastic vows as a Buddhist monk until 1998, leaving to pursue his career in psychology. Though he left his religious studies for a career in medical science, Rapgay's work is still influenced by his Buddhist background. The research psychologist and director of the Clinical Training program for Mental Health Professionals at the UCLA Semel Institute presented his work at Monday afternoon's symposium on the connection between neuroscience and Buddhism. Rapgay's story began in 1959 when Tibetan rebel forces began to clash with Mao Zedong's occupying Chinese army. Rapgay, then only 4 years old, fled Tibet with his family on a seven-day trek through the Himalayas and escaped to India, settling in what would become the home-in-exile of His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Dharamsala. There, Rapgay attended Catholic boarding school, developing a strong interest in medicine and psychology. But even in a foreign land pressured by Western influences, his ties to Tibet remained strong. Read more...
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Lobsang Rapgay, a research psychologist, combines his previous studies in Buddhism with his cognitive research.
