DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

A new suspect in the mystery of long COVID

Melody Li, centered, gestures to a benchtop instrument while four masked researchers in blue lab coats watch closely. A stack of clear culture plates sits on the lab bench beside them.
UCLA scientists link a lesser-known SARS-CoV-2 protein called nucleocapsid to immune overdrive and weakened blood-vessel barriers in heart models.

Rising deaths in LA County jail tied to longer jail stays

Coils of razor wire atop a blue metal security fence against a partly cloudy sky.
Deaths in the Los Angeles County jail have increased over the last 15 years, driven by longer periods of jail time and higher rates of substance abuse fatalities, UCLA researchers say.

Podcast: A decade of striking chords for conservation

Taylor Guitars co-founder Bob Taylor sitting on a stool with a guitar against a blue grid background that features an Ebony Tree sapling.
Hear how the trailblazing Ebony Project, a collaboration between the UCLA Congo Basin Institute and Taylor Guitars, is restoring forests and expanding local opportunity in Cameroon.

Bruins at Comic-Con: How to live your best geek life

Interior corridor of San Diego Comic-Con convention center with hanging Comic-Con banners, arched glass ceiling, attendees walking and exhibition signs lining both sides.
UCLA GeekEd panelists spoke at Comic-Con’s free conference for educators about how fandom can become a powerful tool for teaching and belonging.

Building an autocorrect for quantum computers

Michael Bareian, left, and Yiyang Zhi in cleanroom suits and gloves carefully install a circular scientific instrument onto a stainless-steel vacuum chamber surrounded by precision laboratory equipment.
A UCLA-led team will use a $4 million NSF award to design a fault-tolerant machine capable of tackling problems beyond today’s supercomputers.

26 people you had no idea went to UCLA

A yearbook-style set of photos of the Bruins you didn't know went to UCLA.
Some walked away with a diploma; others merely passed through on their way to renown. Meet the Bruins you had no idea were ever Bruins.

Will Tesla’s China ties keep a SpaceX merger grounded? — and more UCLA media

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In an Economic Times article about how Tesla’s ties to China could scuttle a Tesla–SpaceX merger, UCLA’s Christopher Tang explained that a potential solution — a separate Tesla licensing deal with China — could carry its own ​regulatory risks. Read more about UCLA in the Los Angeles Times.
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