Science & Technology

They might be only 140 characters long, but the mood swings captured in those tiny “tweets” can predict the movement of the stock market, says a new study. Measuring Twitter’s “calmness score” can predict how the Dow Jones Industrial Average will change three days later – with 86.7 percent accuracy.

Why is it that people face such problems with weight loss diets? While the motivation to lose the extra weight is often there for these weight loss dieters, correct strategies and goals are often not.

A new study by Stephen Kowalczykowski, a professor of microbiology at UC Davis, shows how DNA is separated like a magician’s trick with interlocking rings. On a daily basis radiation, chemicals and normal cellular processes constantly damage DNA. When chromosomes repair themselves they become interlocked.

A study released Sept. 29 found positive results for “wonder drug” tanezumab[ta-NEZ-oo-mab], Pfizer’s new medication for osteoarthritic pain.

101021_sc_Yellowstone_tempHeadline: Radio-equipped sensors advance volcano researchLayercake: New data-loggers at Yellowstone provide 24-hour temperature infoBy CAMMIE ROLLEAggie Science Writer To confirm a theory, you must have data. But, often, vital information lies high in the mountain ranges, in the Kenyan desert or in some cases, Yellowstone National Park. Over the last eight years, Yellowstone’s temperature sensors […]

Given the average man’s stoicism concerning his own health, it’s no surprise that men suffer from higher disease rates and a shorter life span than women. Luckily, a new program in the UC Davis Health System aims to raise men’s awareness of health problems early on and hopefully close the longevity gap between men and women.

When most people think of pigs, they may think of the movie Babe, just a cute little animal or a barbecue, but when scientists and undergraduate students at UC Davis get involved, they think of nematodes.

A possible scene from 500 million years ago: The ocean floor crawls with roving packs of arthropods called trilobites. Instead of sticking to its normal diet of plankton or algae, one hungry trilobite looks around at its trilobite friends and sees dinner. Welcome to cannibalism in the deep.

Sometimes, buried in the wreckage of blood and hate, you find that violence has a bright side.

Zoë Stachel had been in the wilderness of Alaska for four weeks before she made a breakthrough.

Down Old Davis Road, just across the railroad tracks and under the freeway, sits one of Davis’ hidden treasures: the California Raptor Center.

The universe is a violent place. Not only did we start with an explosive Big Bang, but our solar system is continuously shaped by the desperate pull of gravity.