Powerful Medical Benefit: The Right Way to Breathe During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth. It’s not just something you do in yoga class – breathing this way actually provides a…
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“Goldilocks Ion” – UCLA Physicists Develop World’s Best Quantum Bits
A team of researchers at UCLA has set a new record for preparing and measuring the quantum bits, or qubits, inside of a quantum computer…
COVID-19: Domestic Violence Up, Traffic Stops and Burglaries Down
Study Shows Domestic Violence Reports on the Rise As COVID-19 Keeps People at Home UCLA-led analysis of calls to police in LA, Indianapolis also shows…
MIT Researchers Designed a Congestion-Control Scheme to Reduce Delays in Wireless Networks
Congestion control system could help streaming video, mobile games, and other applications run more smoothly. MIT researchers have designed a congestion-control scheme for wireless networks…
How Long COVID-19 Remains Infectious on Cardboard, Metal & Plastic
Research suggests that people may acquire the coronavirus through the air and by touching contaminated surfaces. The virus that causes COVID-19 remains for several hours…
Accurate 3D Maps of 2D Materials Pinpoint Coordinates of Single Atoms
Scientists develop innovative technique to pinpoint coordinates of single atoms. A UCLA-led research team has produced in unprecedented detail experimental three-dimensional maps of the atoms…
Bizarre Objects Discovered Near Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole – “Really Strange Signature”
Astronomers from UCLA’s Galactic Center Orbits Initiative have discovered a new class of bizarre objects at the center of our galaxy, not far from the…
Astronomers Reveal Massive Magnetic ‘Candy Cane’ in the Center of Our Galaxy
A team of astronomers has produced a new image of an arc-shaped object in the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The feature, which resembles…
Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy May Not Be Alone
Do supermassive black holes have friends? The nature of galaxy formation suggests that the answer is yes, and in fact, pairs of supermassive black holes…
Mystery of Easter Island’s Moai: Unearthing the Meaning of the Ancient Monoliths
Rapanui people likely believed the ancient monoliths helped food grow on the Polynesian island, study reveals. Rapa Nui (or Easter Island, as it is commonly…
“Scar in a Dish” Model Using Human Stem Cells Could Lead to Fibrosis Treatment
Researchers create accurate model of organ scarring using stem cells in a lab. Advance could help identify drugs to eventually treat fibrosis. Every organ in…
Artificial Intelligence Converts 2D Images Into 3D Using Deep Learning [Video]
Microscopy technique is expected to benefit studies in life sciences and biology. A University of California, Los Angeles research team has devised a technique that…
Earth Is Not Unique: New Technique Using Ancient Stars Studies Geochemistry of Planets Outside Our Solar System
New method used to study planets’ geochemistry implies that Earth is not unique. Earth-like planets may be common in the universe, a new UCLA study…
Scientists Assumptions Were Wrong About Cell Mitochondria – They Work More Like Tesla Battery Packs
For years, scientists assumed that mitochondria — the energy-generating centers of living cells — worked much like household batteries, generating energy from a chemical reaction…
Immunity Against Cancer? Engineered Killer T Cells May Be the Key.
UCLA researchers use stem cells to engineer cells that attack human tumors in mice. They’ve been called the “special forces” of the immune system: invariant…
Transformative Device Generates Energy From the Cold Night Sky, When Solar Doesn’t Work
An inexpensive thermoelectric device harnesses the cold of space without active heat input, generating electricity that powers an LED at night, researchers report September 12…
Low-Cost Device Generates Electricity Naturally in the Dark
A thermoelectric generator is built whose cold side radiates heat to the sky Night-time power generation of 25 mW/m2 is demonstrated, sufficient for an LED…
“Unprecedented” – Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy Appears to Be Getting Hungrier [Video]
UCLA astronomers notice brightest light in 24 years of observations. The enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy is having an unusually large…