Science & Technology

UC Davis researchers have received a two year$2million grant from the NationalInstitutesof Health to pioneer the world’s first electron microscope capable of recording biological processes in real time. The revolutionary technology will allow scientists to image living specimens at greater resolutions that could reveal nano-scale details underlying many cellular mechanisms.

Summertime means barbeques with the gang,picnics at the park and day parties by the pool.But don’t let the weekend meal sabotage your favorite swimsuit.With all the taste,but none of the guilt,here is a healthy twist on a traditional summertime meal as prescribed by Professor Francene M.Steinberg,Dr.Emily Cena and Dr.Liz Applegate of the UC Davis department of nutrition.

One in every2,000infantsisborn with skull abnormalities that can lead to sutures in their skulls fusing together prematurely.UC Davis researcher Kent Leach received a$300,000grant from the Hartwell Foundation to work on creatingasynthetic bone matrix that could facilitate corrective surgery. The occurrence of skull fusion could mean an abnormally shaped head or brain damage.

Researchers discover47-million-year-old fossil A remarkably complete47-million-year-old skeleton of a creature the size of a small cat found in Germany was unveiled yesterday at New York’s Museum of Natural History.

Isaac Kinney is a UC Davis seniorNative American studies major and Yurok Tribal member; Hailey Chevelle Ferroni is a sophomorepsychology major and of the Pomo people; Jeremy Little Fox Bill is a sophomore English and Native American studies double major and Mono, Waksachi and Tachi California Native.

When Dr.Koen Van Rompay is not researching drugs for HIV andAIDS,he is actively participating in educating peopleindeveloping countries on HIV preventative measures. What is your occupation? I’m basically a scientist.My official title is associate researcher,but I’m being promoted to full-researcher in July.

Students might have more of an incentive to lower their carbon footprint if they were given cash prizes of$10,000.America’s Greenest Campus competition is doing just that. America’s Greenest Campus is a nationwide competition sponsored by the organization Climate Change to get students,faculty and staff from universities across the U.S.to become more aware of their impact on the environment.

UC Davis researchers made a surprising discovery while exploring the unusual electronic properties of a multi-layered nanoscopic structure.Depending on which way its electrons move,the material either behaves like a typical semiconductor or exhibits peculiar features unique to a single-layer carbon material that is now touted for its promising potential in electronic applications.

You know the slogan “milk does a body good.” But amid new research,scientists might soon be able to tell you how and why– then produce better milk. Researchers at UC Davis,among others around the country,published a study onApr.24thatmarks the end of an initial18-month scientificeffort,but the beginning of what some believe might lead to healthier,cheaper and more ecologically friendly milk.

Popular nutrition professor Liz Applegate hasn’t left UC Davis since she came here as a student in the1970s. Born in a nunnery in South Africa,Applegate’s family of nine children moved around a lot for her father’s chemistry researchbefore finally settling in the Bay Area.She attended UC Davis for both undergraduate and graduate school,received her Ph.D.in nutrition science in1983and started teaching right after.

Reminders of old age may negatively impact memory When combating memory loss,the key may be to think young. A new study indicates that older people who believe that old age and memory loss go together may be undermining their own performance.

As researchers scramble to make sense of the new H1N1influenza virus that is spreading across the globe,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported encouraging signs last Sunday on the outbreak’s severity,but kept a wary stance on how the virus will behave in the future.