Science & Technology

A 35-year study of California butterflies is bringing to attention how organisms respond to changes in their environment.

Predicting when a Unitrans bus is coming and looking up courses is now as easy as looking at your phone, thanks to students Sunny Dhillon and Fei Li, developers of UC Davis Mobile for the iPhone.

A recent study at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain shows evidence highlighting the importance of the disconnection between brain regions in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children.

Ozone is mending, thanks to global warming

The California Aggie interviewed chemistry professor Carlito Lebrilla, whose groundbreaking research with cancer detection is making history.

Aggie tech writer Sahas Katta met up with Jason Lucash, a former UC Davis student and founder of OrigAudio, the company who developed an eco-friendly portable speaker system.

Tonantzin Rodriguez has always wanted to be a doctor. She grew up in Linda, California, a small, rural town without its own zip code.

UC Davis scientists have determined a protein vital in repairing breaks in copied DNA. This important discovery builds pathways to understanding more about cells resistance toward radiation and chemotherapy.

What came first, the chicken or the egg?

A woman with a mate gains more weight

I’m an amateur scientist. I work in a lab with nematodes (tiny worms), where I deny my English major and pretend to be at home among the test tubes and microscopes. In a recent gesture of good faith, my boss, Dr. Edwin Lewis, offered me the chance to run my own independent research project.

Autism is a withstanding neuro-developmental disorder signified by repetitive behaviors and impairment in verbal communication and social interaction. Children can be diagnosed as early as two years of age.