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College baseball notebook: Best in the West are flexing with torrid starts to the season

College baseball notebook: Best in the West are flexing with torrid starts to the season

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West Coast college baseball aficionados are puffing out their collective chests one month into the season, and they have good cause. UCLA, Southern California and Oregon have combined to win 53 of their first 59 games. Before the sport’s epicenter moved to the Southeastern Conference in the 1990s, the power resided west of the Rockies. Since Oregon State won the 2018 national championship, no other team from the West has reached the finals over eight College World Series. The crumbling of the Pac-12 and defections of UCLA, USC, Oregon and Washington to the Big Ten shook up traditionalists. For them, the fast starts by the Bruins, Trojans and Ducks are good tonic. UCLA is the consensus No. 1 team, out to its best conference start since 1977 and has won 11 straight games for its longest streak since 2020. The Bruins also have the projected No. 1 pick in the MLB amateur draft in shortstop Roch Cholowsky, a rising star in slugger Will Gasparino and an ace in San Diego transfer Logan Reddemann. USC set …

Appeals court overturns former UCLA gynecologist’s sex abuse conviction| India News

Appeals court overturns former UCLA gynecologist’s sex abuse conviction| India News

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LOS ANGELES — A California appeals court on Monday overturned the conviction of a former campus gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, on sex abuse charges. Appeals court overturns former UCLA gynecologist’s sex abuse conviction James Heaps was sentenced in 2023 to 11 years in prison for sexually abusing female patients. The ruling ordered the case to be sent back for retrial. A three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Heaps was denied a fair trial because his defense counsel was not made aware of a note pointing out concerns that one juror lacked sufficient English to carry out their duties. Heaps was accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of patients during his 35-year career and UCLA made nearly $700 million in payouts over lawsuits connected to the allegations. He pleaded not guilty to 21 felony counts in the sexual assaults of seven women between 2009 and 2018. He was convicted in October 2022 of three counts of sexual battery by fraud and two counts of sexual penetration of two patients. …

UCLA Unveils SPLITTER, a Tethered Jumping Robot for Space Exploration

UCLA Unveils SPLITTER, a Tethered Jumping Robot for Space Exploration

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A new robotic system capable of planetary exploration through tethered jumping has been developed by researchers at the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The robot, named SPLITTER (Space and Planetary Limbed Intelligent Tether Technology Exploration Robot), has been designed as a modular, multi-robot system composed of two quadrupedal robots connected by a tether. The system, expected to be presented at the IEEE Aerospace Conference (AeroConf) 2025, has been designed to navigate low-gravity environments such as the moon and asteroids. Reports indicate that the robotic system can perform successive jumps while collecting scientific data, providing an alternative to conventional planetary rovers and drones. SPLITTER’s Design and Capabilities According to the study published on the arXiv preprint server, SPLITTER consists of two Hemi-SPLITTER robots connected by a tether, forming a dumbbell-like structure. The tether enables mobility and stability during mid-air travel, eliminating the need for additional attitude control mechanisms such as gas thrusters or reaction wheels. The system has been designed to dynamically alter its inertia by adjusting limb …

Fresh chaos, arrests on US college campuses as police flatten camp at UCLA | World News

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Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges on Thursday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities this week. In the pre-dawn hours, helmeted police swarmed a tent city set up at the University of California in Los Angeles, using flash bangs and riot gear to push through lines of protesters who linked arms in a futile attempt to halt their advance. Hundreds were arrested at UCLA and other schools. “I’m a student here,” one UCLA protester told cameras as he was led away, his hands bound. “Please don’t fail us. Don’t fail us.” Hours later, the student, who would only give his first name as Ryan, was back on campus and vowed he would not stop fighting. “We will be back,” said Ryan, who was cited for unlawful assembly. “We will be disrupting. We will be demanding divestment.” Students have rallied or set up tents at dozens of universities in recent days to protest Israel’s war on …

Taylor Swift’s hit Shake It Off rocks the Richter scale in SoFi Stadium concert

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Taylor Swift’s passionate energy was carried over as a formidable force; her fans had the same driving ability. Taylor Swift’s songs set off seismic signals, shows a new study. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo(REUTERS) In the bosom of these revellers, as they danced to the beats of the sensational pop singer Taylor Swift’s Eras tour at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, their synchronized movements generated quakes akin to seismic tremors. The seismic tremors resulting from dancing to the beat of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour were researched and recorded by scientists from UCLA. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. The scale recorded a 2.3 magnitude In a study that sounds more like a plot from a sci-fi movie, scientists have discovered that the vibrations from Swift’s concerts are powerful enough to register as seismic activity. This unusual phenomenon was first noted during her Seattle shows, which generated tremors equivalent to a 2.3 magnitude earthquake. However, the plot isn’t confined to the aftermath. A unit of researchers from Caltech and UCLA that was composed …