Researchers from the UCLA Visual Machines Group created a new contactless biosensor technology that eliminates the racial bias found in some current sensors. Biosensors are devices that measure chemical and biological reactions, such as vital signs. Read more...
Photo: Researchers from the UCLA Visual Machines Group stand with their contactless heart rate sensor. The researchers created this sensor to eliminate racial bias in certain camera-based sensors. (Courtesy of Achuta Kadambi)
This post was updated Oct. 6 at 3:02 p.m. UCLA announced the establishment of the Infectious Diseases Management Team to monitor the public health situation and develop long-term public health strategies in a campuswide email Monday. Read more...
Photo: Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center is pictured. UCLA announced the creation of the Infectious Diseases Management Team to replace the UCLA COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force and Case Management Team. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Sept. 21 at 10:55 p.m. UCLA researchers have created a coating for implanted medical devices that will reduce their risk of causing infection. Read more...
This post was updated Sept. 21 at 11:08 p.m. UCLA students and faculty are participating in a three-year study on agriculture and irrigation in East Africa funded by the National Science Foundation. Read more...
Photo: Students from U.S. universities research water management in southern Rwanda. The study will look at agriculture and irrigation in Rwanda, Ethiopia and Sudan. (Courtesy of Haley Gunther)
This post was updated Sept. 5 at 8:40 p.m. UCLA researchers have created models using artificial learning that can be used to quickly identify the drugs involved in overdose deaths. Read more...
Photo: (By Isabella Lee/Illustrations Director)
Researchers from UCLA, Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania have created a system that could improve upon an existing type of therapy for cancer known as T-cell therapy. Read more...
This post was updated Aug. 21 at 8:34 p.m. The sexual assault trial against former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps began Aug. 9 and remains underway. Heaps, who was previously a faculty member at the David Geffen School of Medicine and an OB-GYN at UCLA Health from 2014 to 2018, has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than 100 former patients. Read more...
Photo: The sexual assault trial against former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps (pictured) began Aug. 9 and remains underway. The trial began with opening statements and continues now with testimony from female witnesses. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin senior staff)
