Science & Technology

More students use tablets in addition to their laptops, notebooks On the UC Davis campus, it seems that more and more students are supplementing their school materials with tablets. Sleek and light, tablets provide an effective alternative to the old-school style of pen and paper. Yet, although laptops and tablets seem similar in many ways, […]

Children of immigrants integrate into US economy at same rate as their historical counterparts U.S immigration is and has been a highly controversial topic — as false stereotypes and narratives of immigrants have arisen in the U.S., blaming them for high crime rates and stolen jobs, an increase of negative misconceptions about immigrants have seeped […]

Climate change leads to spread of phocine distemper virus in North Pacific  UC Davis researchers at the One Health Institute, in collaboration with other co-authoring institutions, have linked the loss of sea ice in the Arctic with the emergence of a deadly virus in marine mammals in the North Pacific, according to a study published […]

Planting genetically resilient forest in effort to battle forest fires, climate change Tree populations in the Sierra Nevada area have seen a considerable decrease in health and density. Between 2012 and 2016, the area lost more than 129 million trees. Patricia Maloney, UC Davis biologist and scientist in the UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology […]

Food waste more complex, interconnected than commonly known Researchers at UC Davis have created a comprehensive report on food waste and loss to identify and provide solutions for the systemic inefficiencies currently in the food supply system that have resulted in the waste or loss of one third of global food.  “We wanted to look […]

Bureau of Land Management, Working Dogs for Conservation, US Geological Survey, UC Davis develop noninvasive method for reptile conservation In a novel study, specially trained detection dogs sniffed out the scat of endangered lizards, including the blunt-nosed leopard lizard, in the San Joaquin Valley. After four years of collecting samples, UC Davis researchers used a […]

Low human impact areas too isolated, may be detrimental to environment Half the Earth must be set aside for nature in order to prevent a mass extinction and preserve biodiversity, according to biologist and pulitzer winner Edward O. Wilson. With about 200 species going extinct every day, many argue that a serious conversation about the […]

Advanced practice residency program at Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing to provide care for underserved groups The new residency program for nurse practitioners at the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing has opened its applications. While nurse practitioner residency programs exist at other institutions, this is the first one to be funded by the […]

Russell Ranch’s Century Experiment first of its kind Agriculture research at UC Davis aims to better understand what is occurring in the ground. For researchers at the Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility, located only 15 minutes from the UC Davis main campus, there is no better place to study sustainable agriculture.  “We are purposely pursuing […]

Researchers strive to address societal health issues through gene editing In October, three researchers at UC Davis were awarded a $1.5 million grant to fund their project which attempts to demonstrate the effectiveness of gene editing through use of CRISPR, a powerful technology that allows alteration of DNA sequences to change gene function.  “This kind […]

UC Davis VMTH veterinarians, professors created PET scanning system to identify equine lesions The UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) has successfully administered scans for horses using their new equine-specific PET system. The machine allows for the 3D scanning of horse limbs to detect lesions and injuries that other technologies cannot identify, according to […]

CDC, health practitioners advise everyone to stop vaping In recent months, an “outbreak” has been established by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in cases of vaping-related lung injury, especially in the state of California. By the most recent count — updated every Thursday on the CDC website — on Oct. 29, there were 1,888 […]