Science & Technology

Nine can’t-miss science and technology events in Davis: including the Chemistry Magic Show, Pre-Health Conference and HackDavis   By NAREN KRISHNA JEGAN  — science@theaggie.org   Davis Science Café Held each month in collaboration with G Street WunderBar, UC Davis Chemistry Professor Jared Shaw hosts the Davis Science Café to bring real-life research closer to the […]

UC Davis team develops mobile tool, providing farmers with real-time plant health data By EKATERINA MEDVEDEVA — science@theaggie.org Imagine you could scan a leaf of a plant like a barcode and instantly know its health status. The Leaf Monitor — a mobile tool in the Digital Ag Lab App developed by a team of researchers […]

UC Davis graduate student Nathalie Redick shares her experiences researching subduction zones, earthquakes and debris flows By KATELYN BURNS — science@theaggie.org  With the upcoming UC Davis Graduate and Law School Fair, undergraduate students will get the opportunity to explore graduate school opportunities. Nathalie Redick, a second-year graduate student in the geodynamics lab of the Earth […]

UC Davis team partners with Proteus Space to send the first-ever satellite equipped with a digital twin into orbit  By EKATERINA MEDVEDEVA — science@theaggie.org When is your computer battery going to fail? Most people wouldn’t know an answer to this question — it could be in two years or two weeks. The most damage that […]

Do cooler temperatures and less daylight make you feel tired? Your circadian clock may be shifting due to environmental cues By KATELYN BURNS — science@theaggie.org October has come to Davis. With cooler temperatures and less daylight, it’s natural to feel more tired. Your body’s internal clock, called the circadian clock, takes cues from the environment […]

Incoming assistant professor at UC Davis, Brenna Mockler, shares insights on her research on supermassive black holes By EKATERINA MEDVEDEVA — science@theaggie.org The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) set out on its cosmic voyage on Dec. 25, 2021. The JWST is the largest and most powerful telescope built to date, featuring enhanced infrared vision that […]

Data regarding viruses from animals and their potential to spread to humans is analyzed with the help of Artificial Intelligence   By KATIE HELLMAN — science@theaggie.org   With new COVID-19 cases on the rise, we are reminded of the ongoing effects of the pandemic that wreaked worldwide havoc. To stay on top of data regarding […]

UC Davis holds the largest pre-health event in the nation, and it’s entirely run by students   By NAREN KRISHNA JEGAN – science@theaggie.org   During summer break, when UC Davis students are either relaxing, taking summer courses or gaining internship experience, over 75 students spent hours preparing and training to represent UC Davis at one […]

Learn about the majors in this college, including their unique requirements and the potential career paths you can pursue after graduation   By KATIE HELLMAN – science@theaggie.org   If you’re new to UC Davis: First of all, welcome! There’s a good chance that if you’re reading this, you’re majoring in a STEM field; after all, […]

On International Workers’ Day, UC Davis Health employees went on strike   By IHA RASTOGI — science@theaggie.org   May 1 is marked every year by International Workers’ Day, a day honoring the shared commitment and labor of working individuals. At UC Davis Health, this day signified an opportunity for healthcare workers and researchers to continue […]

This club works to simplify complex scientific and medical research into more accessible articles for the general public   By MADELINE HASS — science@theaggie.org   Since 2020, the undergraduate-led branch of Morning Sign Out at UC Davis has been dedicated to publishing quarterly articles detailing recent science and medical news. This branch is a part […]

Microbial exchanges through cleaner fish in reef environments bring new levels of understanding to reef ecology   By MADELINE HASS — science@theaggie.org   Species-driven microbial transfers within ecosystems have become a growing area of interest within microbial ecology. One way to study these interactions is through research conducted on species aggregation hubs, which are areas […]