Science & Technology

The team’s process in preparing for the competition After months of reading through articles, touring various farms and listening to experts, the UC Davis Animal Welfare Judging team’s efforts paid off as they placed well at the Animal Welfare Judging Contest held by the American Veterinary Medical Association at Colorado State University. The undergraduate team […]

UC Davis students organizing electrical engineering program to make grade school robotics more affordable, accessible. Undergraduate students at UC Davis are developing a new electrical engineering program for high school students across the Sacramento area. These students will receive robotics kits this month and begin a 10-week learning experience that will culminate in a robotics […]

UC Davis Researchers find that a novel cancer treatment is more effective in obese patients. Researchers at UC Davis found that a promising new cancer treatment called checkpoint immunotherapy works better in obese patients than it does in lean patients. The scientists, who published their research in Nature Medicine on November 12, originally hypothesized […]

Part seven of a continuing series about experiences on an archeological dig in Poland After looking at the wide selection of archeology field schools to attend last summer, I ended up picking one in Poland, run by the Slavia Foundation. There were many reasons why I chose that field school, one of which is that […]

Music therapy shown to have benefits for medical patients With the developing progression of music therapy, hospitals and other facilities have begun to adopt various methods of incorporating the therapy into their services. The personalized elements of music therapy allow it to be used as a treatment for a wide variety of patients. Tori Steeley, […]

UC Davis researchers find a link between Bifidobacterium and lower levels of antimicrobial resistant genes The bacteria Bifidobacterium infantis started disappearing in Western countries in the 1950s. UC Davis researchers have found that the lack of B. infantis in the infant gut microbiome could negatively impact the health of these infants. Human milk contains oligosaccharides, […]

Instead of cramming for exams, taking advantage of the brain’s own memory and attention networks could be the grade changer. Exams challenge students to find creative ways to remember every detail from the first day of classes to the last.        Each strategy impacts the brain’s memory and attention networks. Memory is a collection of […]

Part six of a continuing series about experiences on an archaeological dig in Poland Last summer I was at an archaeology field school run by the Slavia Foundation in Poland. The site had both Bronze Age (IV and V Period) cremations and Early Modern (16th -18th century) coffin burials. Scraping away layers of dirt with […]

Delving into how the SeaDoc Society strives to help marine mammals As the homes of various animals are being disturbed due to the overwhelming influence of human activity, increasing conservation efforts have been taking place to help these individuals survive within their changing environment. One of the organizations dedicated to this conversation is the SeaDoc […]

Where someone lives and who they live around complete the puzzle of their social and economic mobility. UC Davis’ Center for Poverty Research recently hosted the Geographies of Poverty Conference. Its attendees were eager to join the day-long event filled with conversation and multi-disciplinary efforts to confront poverty from economic and sociological perspectives. Attendees came […]

Professor Stewart recognized for contributions to planetary science, including new theory of moon formation. Sarah Stewart, a professor of planetary science at UC Davis, won a MacArthur Fellowship, also known as a Genius Grant, last month for her work on planetary collisions and her new ideas about the formation of the moon. Stewart, who was […]

Part five of a continuing series about experiences on an archaeological dig in Poland It was mid-June when I found myself in the middle of Poland signed up to participate in Slavia Foundation’s archaeological field school. The site had both Bronze Age (IV and V Period) cremations and Early Modern (16th -18th century) coffin burials. […]