This post was updated Nov. 8 at 10:09 p.m.
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer.

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.

This post was updated April 25 at 6:48 p.m.
People are more likely to be persuaded by a message when listening through headphones than through speakers, according to a recent University of California study.

Uncertainty and isolation caused a surge in social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic and made people more vulnerable to engaging with pandemic-related conspiracy theories, researchers from UCLA and other universities found.

Groggy eyed, Stephen Acabado stepped off his 5 a.m. bus into Ifugao after his flight from the United States.
“Hi Doc, good morning,” a stranger told him, he said.

This post was updated Oct. 11 at 2:55 p.m.
When the Taliban overtook Afghanistan on Aug. 15, UCLA alumnus Ali Maisam Nazary stepped into a new position as the head of foreign relations for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan.

Three UCLA law students helped a Native American tribe in California navigate decades of legal framework that inhibited their food sovereignty.
The Yurok Tribe’s ancestral territory stretches through Northern California, including a reservation along the Klamath River.

Lev Ricanati has clocked at least 30 hours on the lawn by Janss Steps since March, handing out $10 of free credit to students who download a new app called Zage.

Two proposed federal bills that would offer citizenship to undocumented individuals seem promising but exclude some groups of undocumented people, UCLA students and faculty said.
The United States House of Representatives passed two immigration bills – the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 and the Farm Workforce Modernization Act – in mid-March.

From Jackie Robinson to Cindy Montañez, many Bruins have historically been on the frontlines in taking initiative for social justice issues. Some Bruins are following in their footsteps, using their voices to make change.