If UCLA researchers wanted to move three terabytes of data "“ equivalent to about a billion typewritten pages "“ to a lab across campus, they would transfer a small portion of that information onto a USB and physically walk the drive over. Read more...
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July 15, 11:36 pm
Courtside check in: Residential plaza dorms are transformed into hotel rooms for summer visitors
Weeks after the school year has ended, Bruin Walk still teems with life and the residence halls are filled with people from around the world and the sounds of the new residents sleeping, studying and living. Read more...
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During the academic year, Courtside Residential Plaza is home to traditional dorm rooms that house about 570 residents. (Credit: Housing and Hospitality Services)
Campus, News, Science & Health
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July 15, 11:18 pm
UCLA researchers receive grant to study effects of copper surfaces in hospitals
Parts of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center's intensive care units will soon gleam with a gold shine as plastic keyboards and bed rails are stripped from exam rooms and replaced with copper substitutes for a new medical study. Read more...
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July 15, 11:11 pm
High-speed rail line to link Los Angeles, Bay Area
The possibility of being able to travel from UCLA up to the Bay Area by train in a little less than three hours is speeding toward California. Read more...
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July 8, 10:40 pm
C.U.R.E. club at UCLA helps students secure research lab positions
Minasian has been volunteering in a lab since winter quarter of last year, doing what she calls "hands-on" work with the lab's researchers, preserving cell cultures and analyzing the effects of knocking out autism-related genes on cells. Read more...
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Julia Minasian, rising fourth-year neuroscience student
News, Student Government
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July 8, 10:37 pm
USAC student advocate position fulfilled after two-year vacancy
Students will again have a forum to air grievances this year, if Jonathan Waxer has anything to say about it. Read more...
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Fourth-year psychobiology student Jonathan Waxer will serve as the new USAC student advocate, a job that was left vacant for two years.
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July 8, 10:36 pm
Scientists announce finding of Higgs boson particle responsible for all mass in universe
The Higgs boson, known commonly as the "God particle," is thought to be responsible for all of the matter in the universe. But physicists only found evidence of its existence last week. Read more...