Science & Technology

UC Davis students work alongside Knights Landing Community members to address health concerns step-by-step Often while driving on Sacramento highways, large diesel-fuel trucks carrying loads of tomatoes can be seen. But these tomato trucks and agricultural machinery leave the Knights Landing community with more than produce. Residents have raised a growing number of health concerns, […]

Recent efforts strive to research moringa’s benefits and spread awareness within the U.S. Although predominantly found in warmer regions such as India and Africa, moringa oleifera, a cruciferous plant, seems to be picking up momentum within the United States. Various research studies are being conducted to evaluate its many uses. Carrie Waterman, an assistant professional […]

How the rise of skinny tea on social media affects real-world perceptions Social media has quickly become a resource for health and nutrition, leading to an increase in the promotion of products that promise to increase metabolism and detox the body. “Skinny tea,” a trend popularized by social media, claims to cleanse the system and […]

Part four of a continuing series about experiences on an archaeological dig in Poland Have you ever built an arrowhead made of obsidian or a hide scraper made from chert? It can be easy to think of stone tools as “primitive” or dismiss them as crude things made from rocks by ancient peoples and Neanderthals. […]

The UC Davis Department of Internal Medicine dedicates day to liver, colon cancer awareness The Fourth Annual Liver Research Day opened with thoughtful liver and colon cancer surveillance discussions between undergraduates, graduate students, medical professionals and researchers. Attention to the liver signaled the arrival of the final organ-focused research day hosted by the UC Davis […]

The research team plans to use the electrical properties of DNA to store data Over the summer, Dr. Josh Hihath, a professor of electrical engineering at UC Davis, won a grant from the National Science Foundation to research whether DNA molecules could be used to store computer information. Hihath, alongside his research partners Anant Anatram […]

UC Davis study demonstrates success in rehabilitating damaged coral reefs With the help of collaborative efforts between UC Davis, Mars Symbioscience, Hasanuddin University and Indonesian scientists, coral reefs in Indonesia that were once destroyed by blast fishing have shown signs of recovery. Through the implementation of “spider” structures within the region, researchers facilitated rehabilitation for […]

UC Davis sparks a global discussion to improve the quality of life and social status for donkeys everywhere For six years, the annual Donkey Welfare Symposium has brought donkey researchers, equine experts, veterinarians, enthusiasts, undergraduate and veterinary graduate students and companions together for a three-day experience highlighting the donkey’s importance for communities across the world. […]

UC Davis professor conducts research on how people are driven to flock There’s an assumption that the tendency to flock comes from an animal’s basest instincts and that if humans were to put a little more thought into the decisions they make, those decisions would no longer be motivated by the need to impress other […]

Part four of a continuing series about experiences on an archeological dig in Poland Backpacks on, students of the Slavia Foundation’s field school trekked through the farmer’s field in Poland. For a total of six weeks, excavations would be continuing on a cleared piece of land that had been used as a cemetery twice before […]

Researchers discover new strain of virus in free-tailed bats in Sierra Leone A new Ebola virus, the Bombali virus, was found in insectivorous bats roosting in people’s homes in Sierra Leone. This discovery led researchers to believe that bats are the natural hosts of Ebolaviruses. “Bombali virus is the first full genome of an Ebolavirus […]

Part three of a continuing series about experiences on an archeological dig in Poland Sold in nearly every store this time of year, fake skeletons are a staple Halloween decoration. Unsurprisingly, these decorations are not very anatomically accurate and commonly  leave out bones, fuse unrelated bones together and miss many other important features of our […]