A UCLA researcher is working to improve doctors’ abilities to detect tumors. Mona Jarrahi, an electrical engineering associate professor and principal investigator of the Terahertz Electronics Laboratory, developed a new technology that converts light into high-powered radiation waves, called terahertz waves. Jarrahi won the Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award this year for her research, which may […]
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UCLA to participate in new science and technology imaging center
UCLA researchers will participate in a new science and technology center funded by the National Science Foundation. John Miao, professor of physics and astronomy, and his team of researchers, will work in the new Science and Technology Center on Real-Time Functional Imaging, or STC. The National Science Foundation will fund the center with $24 million […]
Student creates secret agent game to encourage young girls in STEM
In a game created by a UCLA student and her two sisters, 11- to 14-year-old players can combat a villain as agents for a top secret government agency. Throughout the game, players time travel and encounter women who have made contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The team of triplet sisters, including third-year computer […]
UCLA establishes new program for international pre-health students
This post was updated on Sept. 18 at 5:40 p.m. International pre-health students can now gain experience working in a U.S. hospital through a program launched this summer. The International Health Scholar program allows international students to take health care courses and get clinical experience in the U.S. over a period of seven weeks said […]
ASAP Clinic provides care for students with urgent medical needs
An Ashe Center urgent care clinic that opened in spring has received positive feedback from students. Since its opening in late March, the ASAP Clinic has had more than 4,000 visits from students, said June Hu, data and applications manager for the Ashe Center. Registered nurse Jennifer Blank said the Ashe Center opened the ASAP […]
UCLA research group wins $18,000 grant to install water capture system
Five students received an $18,000 grant in early May to install a storm water capture system on the UCLA campus. Students on UCLA’s Sustainability Action Research’s Resilience Team plan to build a 200,000-gallon capture system that could save 1.22 million gallons of water per year, said Austin Park, a team leader and third-year civil and […]
UCLA lab working to create machine that simulates touch
Veronica Santos has been working to improve medical mechanical devices since she injured her elbow during a high school basketball game. Santos said the accident helped her realize the importance of research in upper limb prosthetics. Santos and her team of student researchers at the UCLA Biomechatronics Lab designed the BairClaw in 2014 to help […]