Science & Technology

A new study done by researchers at UC Davis and Hokkaido University in Japan seeks to understand collective behavior through leader-follower information exchanges By SONORA SLATER — science@theaggie.org Have you ever seen a flock of birds flying in formation or watched a school of fish swim in perfect sync and wondered how it was possible?  […]

The project, which dispersed seeds by way of community participation, is led by Miridae Living Labs in collaboration with the UC Davis Department of Human Ecology By SONORA SLATER — science@theaggie.org Urban areas aren’t known for being kind to plants: herbicides, lawnmowers and landscape management teams often interfere with the germination of native, local seeds. […]

The Micra is the smallest leadless pacemaker in the world to be implanted in children as young as two years old By BRANDON NGUYEN — science@theaggie.org  Congenital complete heart block, a rare condition that disrupts rhythmic electrical conduction responsible for regular pumping of the heart, affects about one in 15,000 to 22,000 children. Owen Clark’s […]

TFO device measures a fetus’s oxygen saturation levels non-invasively  By MONICA MANMADKAR — science@theaggie.org   According to data published in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2016, 60% of cesarean sections (C-sections) that are conducted due to potential hypoxia are unnecessary. Fetal hypoxia is a condition where the fetus is not delivered enough oxygen to continue […]

Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell therapy (CAR T cell therapy) re-engineers patient’s immune cells to target and fight cancer By BRANDON NGUYEN — science@theaggie.org    UC Davis Health is one of the few institutions in California and the only University of California campus that is producing Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cells as an immunotherapeutic […]

The $15 million project will train a cohort of the next generation of plant breeders By SONORA SLATER — science@theaggie.org Bagels, crackers, pancakes, pizza, pasta and cereal all have one thing in common: wheat. These popular foods, among others, are the reason why wheat products account for nearly 20% of what people across the planet […]

The project’s administrative office is located at the UC Davis Genome Center, and it will seek to sequence the genomes of 1.8 million species over the course of 10 years By SONORA SLATER — science@theaggie.org It took 13 years and three billion dollars to sequence the human genome — but over the next 10 years, […]

The $10.2 million grant, awarded by Open Philanthropy, will go toward research aiming to find a way to eliminate malaria from Africa By SONORA SLATER — science@theaggie.org Malaria, a mosquito-borne infectious disease, was discovered in 1880, and has remained widespread in tropical regions around the equator including parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America, resulting […]

“Scarless” thyroidectomy is a promising alternative that leaves no visible scar on the patient’s neck By BRANDON NGUYEN — science@theaggie.org  UC Davis Medical Center became the first institution in California Central Valley to perform a “scarless” thyroidectomy, a surgical procedure that removes the thyroid gland. The procedure is performed through a technique called transoral thyroidectomy, […]

UC Davis professors explain the science behind romantic relationships in humans and other monogamous animal relationships  By MONICA MANMADKAR — science@theaggie.org With the weather warming up and spring on the horizon, stores are filled with candy hearts and life-sized teddy bears. On Feb. 10, UC Davis psychology professors Paul Eastwick and Karen Bales talked about […]

A fragility fracture, which can result from a fall from standing height, can be indicative of weakened, brittle bones and even osteoporosis By BRANDON NGUYEN — science@theaggie.org  The National Osteoporosis Foundation finds that roughly half of all women and up to a quarter of men will suffer a fragility fracture in their lifetime. As individuals […]

Radiation fog, a common wintertime feature of the Central Valley, has distinct formation processes compared to California’s coastal fog By MADELEINE PAYNE — science@theaggie.org Winter in Davis often means chilly bike rides to class, sunsets that start as early as 5 p.m. and the occasional presence of a dense, motionless fog known as tule fog. […]