Apr 11, 2018
Researchers based at UCLA’s Samuel School of Engineering have recently made use of 3D printing technology in order to improve the potential of smartphone cameras. Their 3D printed devices can capture microscopic images, when attatched to a smartphone camera lens....
Apr 11, 2018
Bacteria can transmit memory across generations so their descendants will know how to attach themselves to surfaces and form communities called biofilms, a study reports. Researchers’ findings shed light on cystic fibrosis-related bacteria’s early steps in biofilm...
Apr 11, 2018
Ozcan Research Group/UCLA Image of a blood smear from a cell phone camera (left), following enhancement by the algorithm (center), and taken by a lab microscope (right). Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have demonstrated that deep learning, a...
Apr 11, 2018
According to an international team of researchers, bacteria have a “memory” that transmits sensory knowledge from one generation of cells to another, all without a central nervous system or neurons. Just as knowledge is transmitted from generation to generation,...
Apr 10, 2018
A sign from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s 60th Anniversary Gala, in 2015, is pictured. Those with the disorder get chronic infections and new research may shed light on how to prevent them.CINDY ORD/GETTY IMAGES FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION CYSTIC FIBROSIS:...
