The W.M. Keck Foundation recently pledged $500,000 to UCLA for the establishment of an undergraduate program in digital cultural mapping.
Category Archives: Science & Health
Students build hydrogen-powered go-kart
Behind the driver’s seat of a hydrogen-powered race kart sits the fuel cell, a block of machinery that makes the whole thing go. Just 11 days before competing in an international kart race, the UCLA team still had not received its fuel cell in the mail. The stress was huge for members of HercUCLAs, a […]
Mechanical engineers design BattleBots for robotic combat
BY SANDY BUI Bruin contributor sbui@media.ucla.edu With its 12-pound steel bar spinning rapidly, the UBRuined robot can shred other robots apart ruthlessly. With a steel cylinder edged with teeth in front, the UCLASH robot spins while storing enough energy to attack its next enemy. BattleBots, UCLA’s American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ student project, has about […]
Neuroscience conference probes brain
More than 32,000 scientists from different fields came together last week to discuss one topic: the brain.
Science & Health: UCLA Shakeout
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Film calls for conservation of life in biological hot spots
With thousands of animal and plant species becoming extinct each day, many researchers call for a reversal of the destruction caused by human life to save the planet.
New type of stem cells may help regenerate heart tissues
When cold, sweaty skin and pressure, burning and tightness in the chest strikes, it could just be a sign of a heart attack.