This post was updated Oct. 2 at 4:58 p.m. UCLA researchers developed a virtual reality visualization of zebrafish hearts for use in medical treatment and surgical training. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of JCI Insight) A visualization of a zebrafish’s heart from a previous paper the lab published.
MAGI grasped a silver cup between its two metal claws in one hand. With the other hand, the robot dropped a red, bubble gum-sized ball into the cup. Read more...
Photo: (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor) Graduate students in RoMeLa temporarily fix MAGI’s arm.
This post was updated Sept. 23 at 10:07 p.m. A Los Angeles judge dismissed criminal charges against a UCLA professor whose failure to enforce proper safety precautions resulted in a 2008 lab fire and the death of a lab assistant. Read more...
Photo: The Molecular Biology Institute, where the fire happened almost 10 years ago. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: Why do we eat for pleasure, instead of for necessity? Read more...
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Austin Tedman read his classmate’s essay carefully and began meticulously grading the paper. Although the program doesn’t require it, he typed out a carefully worded justification for each one of his assessments. Read more...
Photo: Many UCLA students feel that CPR does not enhance their understanding of class material. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A satellite built by 250 UCLA undergraduate students over the course of nine years successfully launched into orbit Saturday morning. The Electron Losses and Fields Investigation is the first satellite built and operated entirely at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate UCLA students worked for nine years to launch the satellite. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q. Are there any species benefiting from rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean? Read more...
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