Students trudging home from class last Wednesday night may have been surprised to come face-to-face with a six-foot-tall molecule projected on the wall of UCLA’s Court of Sciences. Two UCLA professors ““ Victoria Vesna, professor and chairwoman of the Design/Media Arts Department at UCLA, and Jim Gimzewski, a UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry ““ […]
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UCLA researchers test new cancer model
UCLA researchers may soon be able to coax human genes into stopping a cancer before it starts. Scientists at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center have created a genetically engineered breed of mice which they can now use to test drugs to combat three common types of lymphoma. These cancers claim the lives of 26,000 Americans each […]
Platinum coils make brain aneurysm surgery safer
Platinum slinkies implanted in your brain may save your life. A new study conducted by Oxford University suggests that a less invasive procedure for treating brain aneurysms may be much safer than standard surgery. The procedure, which was invented and first implemented at UCLA, uses special coils of platinum wire injected into the aneurysm via […]
Fine particles may be health threat
The next time you drive on the freeway, you may want to hold your breath. Two new UCLA studies show that people who live, work or travel within 165 feet downwind of a major freeway are exposed to potentially hazardous concentrations of particles, which may lead to future health problems. Though the U.S. Environmental Protection […]
UCLA astronomers take space-breaking photograph
The center of the galaxy never looked so good. UCLA astronomers and their colleagues recently released the highest-resolution mid-infrared picture ever taken of the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The photos reveal details about the bizarre phenomena surrounding a massive black hole in the middle of our galaxy. The team, led by UCLA professor […]
UCLA receives two $1 million undergraduate science grants
Give a professor a million dollars, and he’ll change the world of undergraduate science education. Two UCLA professors are preparing to do just that thanks to a new program funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which awarded $1 million grants to each of 20 professors in 19 universities across the nation. Doctors Utpal Banerjee […]
Scientists track particles, search for origin and fate of universe
Tucked between a video store and a Westwood parking lot, UCLA physicists are assembling the parts to a machine that may help explain why your pizza doesn’t fall through the table when you set it down to read this newspaper. The machine, called the Compact Muon Solenoid, will be fully assembled in spring of 2007 […]