As telemedicine has grown more popular, so have devices that allow people to measure their vital signs from home and transmit the results by computer to their doctors.
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UCLA-led Team Induces Cell Reprogramming Process with Mechanical Squeeze
UCLA bioengineers and colleagues have unveiled a fast, efficient and simple way to prime cells and help convert them from one type into another by squeezing them mechanically for a millisecond.
UCLA Materials Scientist Aaswath Raman Receives 3M Early Career Faculty Award
Aaswath Raman, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a faculty award from global technology giant 3M.
UCLA Engineers Create Single-Step, All-in-One 3D Printing Method to Make Robotic Materials
A team of UCLA engineers and their colleagues have developed a new design strategy and 3D printing technique to build robots in one single step.
UCLA Samueli Announces Class of 2022 Awardees and Commencement Student Presenters
Each year, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and its departments outstanding graduating students with significant accomplishments and important
UCLA Samueli Celebrates 1,600 Class of 2022 Graduates in Two In-Person Ceremonies
The 2022 commencement for the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science returned to its traditional home in Pauley Pavilion, following two years of online ceremonies due to the pandemic.
UCLA Engineering Postdoc Alexis Block Receives Otto Hahn Medal for “HuggieBot”
Alexis Block, a mechanical engineering postdoctoral research fellow at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been awarded an Otto Hahn Medal from Germany’s Max Planck Society to support her research in human-robot interaction.
Scientists Devise Method to Prevent Deadly Hospital Infections without Antibiotics
Novel surface treatment developed at UCLA stops microbes from adhering to medical devices like catheters and stents. A hospital or medical clinic might be the last place you’d expect to pick up a nasty infection, but approximately 1.7 million Americans do
How Spiders Fly: Untangling the Mystery of Arachnids’ Electrically Charged Ability to Soar
It was a Halloween mystery that baffled Charles Darwin to the end of his days.
On Oct. 31, 1832, thousands of tiny red spiders suddenly started dropping from a clear sky onto Darwin’s ship, the HMS Beagle, prompting shock,
UCLA Electrical Engineers Develop Energy-Efficient and Customizable Chip Design to Maximize Data Processing
As transistors embedded in computer chips become ever smaller, with billons of them able to fit onto one single chip, what happens to the overrun power usage? To solve this problem, chipmakers decided to rotate the
UCLA’s Student-Organized Women in STEM Summit Returns for Second Year
The annual Women in STEM: Breaking Barriers (WiSTEM) conference at UCLA connected students and professionals with prominent women in STEM for the second consecutive year. The April 7-8 conference featured dozens of speakers in 28 sessions.