Science & Technology

UC Davis professor of civil and environmental engineering Bassam Younis has developed a more effective UltraV technology.

Last Thursday, Chancellor Linda Katehi testified before the President’s Council on Science and Technology to ask for the implementation of engineering courses in K-12 schools.

In our universe, matter and antimatter should be present in equal amounts, according to the laws of physics. But they’re not. In fact, most of the visible universe appears to be matter.

Last Thursday, Microsoft released Windows 7, the latest version of their popular operating system. Windows 7 offers a new interface, runs faster and is easier to use. Microsoft hopes to reestablish its brand name after the issues consumers faced with the infamous Windows Vista. Despite the increasing popularity of Apple products that run OS X Snow Leopard, the fact remains: nine out of 10 computers bought today ship with Windows.

Q: What sparked your fascination with honey bees?

Study finds clothing colors important for UV protection

Just about every UC Davis student owns a cell phone, an iPod or another portable gizmo. Some of us might just be lazy, but many still face the struggle of plugging in devices to recharge – whether it’s finding the right cable or tripping over one in the dark.

The UC Davis Cancer Center, along with four other University of California-designated cancer centers and emerging partners, will take part in a large-scale demonstration project called the ATHENA Breast Health Network. Named after the Greek goddess to symbolize the war against breast cancer, ATHENA will follow and study an estimate of 150, 000 women throughout California for a number of decades. “One benefit of the collaboration is the opportunity to have a large number of patients,” said Colleen Sweeney, co-director of the Breast Cancer Research Program.

American scientists share Nobel Prize Three American scientists were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their work in cell biology. Elizabeth Blackburn of UCSF,Carol Greider of Johns Hopkins University and Jack Szostak of Massachusetts General Hospital will split the prize money of$1.4million.The trio made an important discovery regarding the ends of chromosomes,with possible implications to the studies of cancer and aging.

Despite the constantly increasing popularity of Macintosh computers,the PC still dominates the market share across campus.Unfortunately,these Windows-based machines are vulnerable to being easily infected with nasty viruses and spyware.These infections are no joke:They pose a significant threat to your personal data.

Invasive species cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars every year. The speed of an invasion is a big concern for documenting these invasive species. Determining the rate at which these species enter a new territory allows for a prediction of the rate of invasion. Alan Hastings, UC Davis researcher and mathematical ecologist, has been working alongside Brett A. Melbourne of the University of Colorado to study the uncertainty in species invasion.

By the end of the1960s,lethal infectious disease was well under control in developed countries.Due to the advancement of vaccines and antibiotic medication,microbes that once caused mass epidemics rarely caused problems to those with full-functioning immune systems.It seemed,at the turn of the decade,that infectious disease no longer posed a major threat to those living in countries with progressive medicine.