National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute gave five University of California medical campuses a $12 million grant to launch a Center for Accelerated Innovations, according to a university press release on Thursday. The new center will be one of three in the country and aims to use the resources at the UC medical centers at […]
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UCLA team invents microscope attachment for cell phones
Between calling, texting and updating social media, people will soon be able to use their cell phones as a microscope powerful enough to detect viruses.
Construction begins on UCLA medical teaching and learning center
Construction for a new $120 million teaching center at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine began Wednesday with a groundbreaking ceremony. The Teaching and Learning Center for Health Sciences will open in 2016 on the corner of Tiverton Drive and Le Conte Avenue. The building will help UCLA train future medical students at the […]
SHIP provides range of medical benefits to UC students
Ever wondered what UC SHIP actually covers? (Click graphic to enlarge.)
UCLA engineering club moves beyond theory with projects
It started with a marble setting off a mouse trap. Step by step, the contraption made out of a chair, cardboard, and a number of household objects unwound until it reached its goal – a paper cutout of a hand high-fiving one of the team members. Merrick Campbell remembers himself and his five friends on […]
Fiat Lux explains psychopathy, evolution relationship
Delving into the mind of a psychopath and contemplating the evolution of the human psyche are both items on the syllabus for a new Fiat Lux seminar available this fall. Joseph Manson, an anthropology professor, is leading the seminar titled “Psychopathy and Human Nature” in which students will explore psychopathy from an evolutionary perspective. “Psychopathy […]
New Fiat Lux examines use of psychotropic plants
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. David Shorter realized more research needed to be done on hallucinogenic plants when he befriended the Yoeme tribe in Mexico in the early 1990s. The Yoeme people were previously known for their use […]