UCLA psychologists found that out of 85 UCLA students, only one could correctly reproduce the Apple logo when asked to draw it. Less than half of these students could identify the logo when shown it, leading the psychologists to conclude that our brains have led us to not remember specific details. Read more...
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April 3, 1:18 am
UCLA students unable to recognize and reproduce the Apple logo
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April 2, 1:57 am
UCLA professor combines expertise in public health, bioterrorism
Peter Katona spends his spare time giving talks on biological weapons and terrorism across the country. Otherwise, he can be found doing clinical rounds in the halls of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
Photo: Peter Katona gives talks on bioterrorism and weapons of mass destruction apart from working as a doctor at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)
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April 1, 8:08 am
Health agency report indicates scope cleaning guidelines insufficient
A Seattle health agency warned Monday that the scopes that caused a superbug outbreak at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center may have caused even more infections than those currently known. Read more...
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March 28, 9:41 pm
Olympus issues new scope cleaning guidelines after superbug outbreak
The manufacturer of medical scopes linked to last month’s superbug outbreak at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center released new cleaning guidelines for its scopes Thursday. Read more...
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March 17, 2:07 am
The Bruin Experiment fosters passion for science at underserved schools
Twelve-year-old William Trimble listed off coding languages that he learned himself as other students tested their experiments around the classroom. Some were rubbing balloons on their heads to test for electricity and others were building solar ovens to make s’mores. Read more...
Photo: Members of The Bruin Experiment club worked with middle school students to devise science experiments during a recent school visit. (Meghan Hodges/Daily Bruin)
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March 17, 2:02 am
Phase one of Engineering VI complex scheduled to open
A new engineering facility geared toward green energy and nanotechnology research will open on Thursday after undergoing construction since 2012. The 60,000-square-foot facility represents phase one of Engineering VI, which will replace the old Engineering 1A building that was knocked down in 2011 to make room for a more modernized facility. Read more...
Photo: A new engineering facility, phase one of the Engineering IV complex (above), will open on Thursday after undergoing construction since 2012. (UCLA)
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March 9, 3:38 am
Archaeologist Hans Barnard excavates, educates using STEM background
Webs of wire line the walls of UCLA’s Pasarow Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, a brightly lit room stuffed with chemical machines. An archaeologist in a pinstriped lab coat stands in the middle of the room, cradling his homemade Egyptian pot in one hand and test tubes of finely ground pottery in the other. Read more...
Photo: Hans Barnard, an assistant adjunct professor at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, has crisscrossed the globe to analyze ancient societies in locales such as Chile, Peru and Tunisia. (Eu Ran Kwak/Daily Bruin)