Science & Technology

Increases in temperature and precipitation during nesting season are a growing obstacle for these birds   By LILLY ACKERMAN — science@theaggie.org    A new study from researchers at UC Davis found that increasing temperatures and changing precipitation patterns negatively affect the reproductive success of several songbird species that live along Putah Creek.  According to lead […]

UC Davis plant biologists and geneticists working with researchers in Europe and Africa find solutions to reduce the costs of planting rice, maintaining year-round crop yield   By BRANDON NGUYEN — science@theaggie.org    According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, rice is a staple crop for more than half of the world’s population. However, for […]

UC Davis researchers find cats are less stressed during video appointments than in-person visits   By LILLY ACKERMAN — science@theaggie.org    Animal welfare epidemiology researchers in UC Davis’s Department of Animal Science are studying telemedicine for cats as a way to increase ease of access to veterinary appointments.  Virtual doctor’s appointments have grown increasingly popular […]

Current screening guidelines do not sufficiently assess this demographic for cervical cancer   By LILLY ACKERMAN — science@theaggie.org    A recent study by researchers at UC Davis Health’s Comprehensive Cancer Center found that nearly one in five new cervical cancer diagnoses in California are in patients over the age of 65 and that these cases […]

UC Davis professors and alumnus explain the weather pattern hitting the Bay Area and Central Valley   By BRANDON NGUYEN — science@theaggie.org    To begin the new year, high-impact rainstorms have struck the northern coasts of California, leading to seemingly endless precipitation in the Bay Area and Central Valley. Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at […]

The center’s large-scale imaging abilities at the facility contributed to rocket testing and completion of the Artemis I mission   By LILLY ACKERMAN — science@theaggie.org    UC Davis’s McClellan Nuclear Research Center (MNRC) played an important role in NASA’s recent Artemis I mission, which launched the unmanned Orion spacecraft into space to test its safety. […]

EchoPixel’s Holographic Therapeutic Guidance allows physicians to view and manipulate a 3D map during procedures   By BRANDON NGUYEN — science@theaggie.org    For the first time, UC Davis Health surgeons conducted a heart procedure technologically assisted by EchoPixel’s 4D holographic software called Holographic Therapeutic Guidance (HTG). According to the company’s website, their “software platform is […]

Mixing DNA genotypes at coral nurseries can help prevent disease outbreak and spread   By LILLY ACKERMAN — science@theaggie.org    A recent study from the UC Davis Department of Evolution and Ecology has found that placing corals of different genotypes together at a nursery can improve the population’s overall resistance to disease.  The study researched […]

The health of eelgrass communities, a marine plant forest in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, are of concern due to the changing global climate   By YASH RATHI — science@theaggie.org    On Aug. 1, a new collaborative study between UC Davis and other research institutions was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of […]

UC Davis graduate students help identify markets for sustainable and healthful foods into the future   By LILLY ACKERMAN — science@theaggie.org    A new partnership between UC Davis’s Graduate School of Management, the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health and venture capital firm Barnstorm Foundry has been formed to identify market spaces for […]

Post-COVID-19 involves an array of symptoms that can persist long after the infection’s disappearance   By LILLY ACKERMAN — science@theaggie.org    UC Davis Health’s Post-COVID-19 Clinic has been providing treatment options for patients suffering from lingering symptoms after a previous infection with COVID-19, a condition colloquially referred to as post-COVID or long COVID.  According to […]

Snakeskin has frictional properties that can be applied to surfaces of large column structures to securely support large buildings   By YASH RATHI — science@theaggie.org    At the UC Davis Center for Geotechnical Modeling, researchers used the facility’s large geotechnical centrifuge to test a design inspired by the unique properties of snakeskin. According to their […]