Wednesday, April 15

UCLA physics and astronomy will create three new fellowships with $1.5M donation

UCLA will create three new graduate student fellowships with a $1.5 million gift from the Julian Schwinger Foundation for Physics Research. Graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy are eligible to receive the fellowship. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will create three new graduate student fellowships with a $1.5 million gift from the Julian Schwinger Foundation for Physics Research. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)


Daily Bruin takes home three first-place Pinnacle Awards

The Daily Bruin won three first-place awards for college journalism Friday. The Bruin won a total of 13 awards, including three first-place awards, at the College Media Association’s 2017-2018 Pinnacle Awards. Read more...

Photo: The Daily Bruin won a total of 13 awards, including three first-place awards, at the College Media Association’s 2017-2018 Pinnacle Awards.(Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)




CAT scans of sabertooth cats’ skulls unearth evolution of predatory behavior

Some sabertooth cats had powerful skulls that allowed them to kill their prey in one or two bites, according to research published at UCLA. A UCLA professor, along with a team of international researchers, published a study in October that analyzed sabertooth cat skulls from two different species to determine how the cats killed their prey. Read more...

Photo: Reconstructions of the skulls of two species of sabertooth cats. (Courtesy of Stephan Lautenschlager)



Bird and Lime slapped with class-action lawsuit over rider and pedestrian injuries

Two Los Angeles-based attorneys filed a class-action lawsuit against e-scooter companies and scooter manufacturers on behalf of injured riders and pedestrians earlier this month. Catherine Lerer and Jeffrey Costell filed the lawsuit on behalf of eight plaintiffs in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Oct. Read more...

Photo: Bird and Lime e-scooters companies have been named in a class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on behalf of injured riders and pedestrians this week. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)