Science & Technology

UC Davis researchers quantified the regional climate impacts of low-carbon energy adoption in California, and compared potential plans for future climate policies A recently-published study from a group of UC Davis researchers analyzes the climate and environmental impact of low-carbon energy adoption in California. They found that the adoption of such a system doesn’t just […]

Three adolescent cases demonstrate importance of patient history and e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) education Respiratory distress. Fever. Nausea. All of these familiar symptoms seem to point towards a COVID-19 diagnosis. Yet Kiran Nandalike, an associate professor in the department of pediatrics at UC Davis, discovered that in three cases where these […]

Research on the labor market impact of Puerto Rican migrants in Orlando finds a positive aggregate impact on local economy Two Category 5 storms, Hurricanes Irma and Maria, made landfall on Puerto Rico in Sept. 2017—only two weeks apart. These storms caused massive property damage and killed nearly 3,000 on the island, which prompted over […]

The researchers were acknowledged for their commitment to “explore, explain, and sustain life” Two professors from the department of Earth and Planetary Sciences—Isabel Montañez and Dawn Sumner—are a part of San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences’ newest class of Fellows, nominated by their colleagues based on their contributions to science. They were selected along with […]

A graduate student discovered this pattern with the help of museums The size and length of a monarch butterfly can indicate whether it is part of a migrating population. Micah Freedman, who received his  Ph.D. in population biology from UC Davis, is the main author of this study that has been published in the Proceedings […]

Daily cases and hospitalizations have peaked sooner than experts had expected Despite promising developments in the race to find a COVID-19 vaccine, cases of infection have increased in all 50 states during the past few weeks, according to NBC News. The number of daily cases in the United States hit an all time high this […]

Revenues raised from tax are reinvested in community public health organizations  A recent study, co-authored by Dr. Jennifer Falbe, an assistant professor of nutrition and human development at UC Davis, assesses the impact of Measure D, a 2014 sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) excise tax in Berkeley, Calif. Within a year of the tax, the consumption of […]

Team of over 100 health experts collaborate on first surgery of this kind at UC Davis After a 24-hour surgery on Oct. 24 and 25 at UC Davis Children’s Hospital, nine-month-olds Abigail Bachinskiy and Micaela Bachinskiy went from being attached at the head to beginning their lives as two individual babies. When Granger Wong, the […]

New methods of research could help those with ADHD Researchers at UC Davis have discovered that oxytocin, a stress-buffering molecule, exists in cells outside the hypothalamus and is located in the extended amygdala of the brain. The oxytocin produced in the extended amygdala can cause social anxiety behaviors to occur in mice, while oxytocin produced […]

Graduate students at UC Davis get a firsthand look at climate change through their research Experts find it alarming that a body of water as big as the Laptev Sea in Russia is no longer freezing at its general rate. The sheet of ice on the Laptev Sea is nonexistent this year in comparison to […]

The Wildlife Defense Network combines academic expertise and government resources in a coordinated wildlife rescue effort During the devastating and premature wildfire season this summer, one group of fire victims often went overlooked—wildlife mammals. One organization, The Wildlife Disaster Network, is using veterinary expertise and other resources to address the medical concerns of wildlife impacted […]

UC Davis study shows empathy may not always be perceived as a merit Empathy often has the connotation of being a universal good, but is this truly how society perceives it? A recent UC Davis study led by Y. Andre Wang, a Ph.D. candidate in psychology, revealed that empathy may not always be seen as […]