This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:41 p.m. UCLA researchers published a study indicating that children’s playgrounds contain more microplastics than other areas in urban parks. Read more...
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January 12, 6:47 pm
UCLA study posits connection between REM sleep, body temperature
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:44 p.m. A recent UCLA study proposed that a certain stage of sleep has evolved to allow animals to maintain the baseline brain temperature required for them to stay alert. Read more...
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January 12, 1:43 pm
UCLA discontinues several COVID-19 test distribution, drop-off locations
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:33 p.m. UCLA will discontinue four COVID-19 surveillance testing collection boxes and three vending machines Friday because of low use, the university announced in an email Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center is pictured. The Infectious Diseases Management Team announced that certain COVID-19 testing collection boxes and vending machines will be discontinued, effective Jan. 13. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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November 30, 8:57 pm
UCLA alumnus’ startup to provide lab experience through virtual reality
This post was updated Dec. 1 at 12:28 a.m. A new startup co-founded by a UCLA alumnus aims to teach students important scientific protocols and techniques through immersion in a virtual reality laboratory. Read more...
Photo: Students use the virtual reality service created by OpenLab. Simone Zamparini, a UCLA alumnus, started OpenLab as an undergraduate. (Courtesy of Simone Zamparini)
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November 28, 2:01 pm
Campus Queries: What is RSV, and how is it a factor in this winter’s ‘tripledemic’?
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: What is RSV and how is it contributing to a ‘tripledemic’? Read more...
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November 27, 5:26 pm
UCLA study finds possible link between HIV risk and gut microbiome composition
This post was updated Dec. 1 at 12:24 a.m. A UCLA Health study found that certain types of bacteria in the gut microbiome could increase the risk of HIV. Read more...
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November 23, 3:25 pm
UCLA to offer new undergraduate public health degrees with capstone component
This post was updated Nov. 27 at 10:21 p.m. The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health announced in November that it will offer two new undergraduate degrees in public health. Read more...