Science & Technology

Seven months after a voicebox transplant at the UC Davis Medical Center (UCDMC) allowed a patient to speak on her own for the first time in over a decade, the patient is recovering and voicebox transplant requests are increasing.

There are all kinds of threats on the internet, but recent high-profile security breaches, such as the one that has crippled Sony’s Playstation Network for the past few weeks, can have devastating effects.

In 1803, 20 orphans boarded a ship in Spain. Though all of them looked healthy, one of them developed pustules eight days later. The pustules soon developed into scabs.

What is the one place to simultaneously learn about electron microscopes, the qualities of a perfect leader and how owning a dog can extend one’s life by seven years?

When I sit down for a tasty meal, I try not to think about poop.

From analyzing access to critical medications to exploring the development of diabetes, many UC Davis students presented health and medical-related research at the 22nd Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference on Friday and Saturday.

Pain, swelling or lumps on the testicles are concerns for men, as they may be symptoms of testicular cancer. Younger men are already more inclined to develop testicular cancer than older men, but the treatment of testicular cancer also poses a health concern.

A recent study of children waiting for kidney transplants has found that girls are less likely than boys to be placed on the waiting list to receive a kidney.

With one-third of all amphibians – over 2,000 species – listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s official list, Save The Frogs, a non-profit organization devoted to amphibian conservation, has been educating people on the declining frog populations and increasing awareness of the current dangers to frogs.

With the help of certified pilots and a twin-engine plane, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has begun to map rock formations buried beneath the surface of the Sacramento Delta, including the Davis area. This will be the first comprehensive survey of fault lines and hydrology in the area, and researchers hope to learn more about how underground geology affects the stability of river levees.

When we stare at the stars, what do we see? Our eyes only see the billions upon billions of tiny lights, indicative of the simultaneously destructive and life-giving force of nuclear fusion occurring millions of light years away.

Insect-eating bats likely save the U.S. agricultural industry at least $3 billion per year in pest control, according to an analysis published in this week’s Science magazine’s “Policy Forum.”