A team of researchers from UCLA and UC Irvine won a grant in September to design a system to detect signs of future pandemics using artificial intelligence. Read more...

Photo: (By Isabella Lee/Illustrations Director)

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 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)