A UCLA student developed an application that allows diabetic patients to monitor their glucose levels on their phones. Bryan Chiang, a first-year computer science student, created EasyGlucose, a mobile application designed to monitor diabetic patients’ glucose levels using a picture of their eye taken on their smartphone. Chiang won first place in the Microsoft Imagine […]
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UCLA professor honored with achievement award named after him
An international technical organization named a new achievement award after a UCLA engineering professor. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a professional organization dedicated to advancing technology, named its top award after Asad Madni, an adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, a university press release announced […]
Research team earns FDA approval for ADHD treatment device
UCLA researchers conducted a clinical trial that led to the approval of the first medical device to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The United States Food and Drug Administration approved the Monarch external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation System on April 19. The system, which uses electrical stimulation to treat ADHD, was developed by NeuroSigma, a California-based […]
Study says aquaculture may be viable source of food, if done in the right areas
Ocean farming may provide a solution for global hunger and climate change, UCLA researchers found. A yearlong study published in the journal Marine Policy by researchers with the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA found ocean farming could alleviate a large portion of global hunger, promote biological diversity and minimize the impact of […]
Engineering professor awarded Ellis Island Medal of Honor for antenna work
Yahya Rahmat-Samii’s lifelong passion for mathematics and space brought him from Iran to the United States to research antennas in the field of electromagnetics. “Like van Gogh used his brush to paint on canvas, so electromagnetic scientists are artists who use their antennae to paint electromagnetic waves,” he said. Rahmat-Samii, a distinguished professor of electrical […]
Engineering professor wins $175,000 award for potentially lifesaving research
A UCLA professor earned a National Science Foundation award for research that could improve the technology used in search and rescue missions, according to a university press release Thursday. Achuta Kadambi, an electrical and computer engineering professor, received the foundation’s $175,000 Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiation Initiative award March 15. If successful, […]
Researchers find 25 genes linked to increased risk of ovarian cancer development
UCLA researchers identified specific genes associated with an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer. Researchers from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute identified 25 genes associated with higher chances of developing ovarian cancer. The team published its findings May 1 in the journal Nature Genetics. Bogdan Pasaniuc, an author on […]