Science & Technology

This new molecule, called JRT, has potential applications to treat neuropsychiatric diseases in ways that have not previously been possible   By MADELINE HASS — science@theaggie.org   A team of UC Davis researchers within the Olson Lab, run by David E. Olson, has synthesized a new molecule named JRT that has the potential to treat […]

The 2025 R. Bryan Miller Symposium brought together students, faculty and multiple Nobel laureates to share and advocate for scientific research   By NAREN KRISHNA JEGAN From March 6 to 7, the UC Davis Department of Chemistry held its annual Miller Symposium, a conference where undergraduates, graduate students and guest speakers share their current research […]

The Explorit Science Center faces financial challenges and is turning to the community for help   By IHA RASTOGI — science@theaggie.org   Founded in the 1980s by Davis residents who wanted to bring UC Davis-level rigor to scientific education in local schools, the Explorit Science Center is in danger of shutting down as early as […]

UC Davis researchers successfully produced the most highly extensive DNA sequencing of pistachios, alongside an in-depth characterization of the pistachio development stages   By MADELINE HASS — science@theaggie.org   Until recently, relatively little research has been conducted on pistachios despite their economic importance, great nutritional value and sustainable crop qualities. A team of UC Davis […]

This May, UC Davis will open a $1 billion interdisciplinary and industry-academic collaborative space in Sacramento  BY NAREN KRISHNA JEGAN In 2017, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg and UC Davis Chancellor Gary May established a vision to create an innovative hub where university researchers, students, industry partners, entrepreneurs and community members could collaborate side by side […]

A recent study identifies neural pathways driving anti-anxiety effects associated with psychedelics   By KATELYN BURNS— science@theaggie.org   Psychedelics are a class of hallucinogenic drugs that can cause an altered mental state. While there’s currently very little known about the mechanisms of these drugs and the extent of their effects, there has been interest in […]

Guest speaker Jackson O’Donnell from UC Santa Cruz shares the ongoing research on dark matter studies   By EKATERINA MEDVEDEVA — science@theaggie.org You, me and everything that we are used to seeing around us is made up of matter. So is the gas and celestial bodies in outer space, like stars; In fact, we are […]

UC Davis researchers invent a new method for maintaining the efficiency of platinum catalysts   By EKATERINA MEDVEDEVA — science@theaggie.org   If you have taken an introductory chemistry course before, then you have probably heard of catalysts — compounds that lower the amount of activation energy needed for a reaction to occur by offering an […]

Researchers at the UC Davis Institute of Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics have finished the total synthesis of a scarce, naturally found anti-addiction/antidepressant agent   By NAREN KRISHNA JEGAN — science@theaggie.org   Ibogaine, a psychoactive compound derived from African plants like the iboga shrub (Tabernanthe iboga) and the small-fruited voacanga tree (Voacanga africana), has long been recognized […]

The Mount Lyell shrew has been photographed live for the first time   By KATELYN BURNS— science@theaggie.org   The Mount Lyell shrew is a small mammal endemic to a tiny area in the Sierra Nevada. The species is highly vulnerable to climate change, as noted in a 2015 Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment by UC Davis. […]

The new research may pave the way toward mass production of quantum devices   By EKATERINA MEDVEDEVA— science@theaggie.org It is quite hard to break down something fundamental with a single atom, let alone with a subatomic particle. However, classical mechanics is an exception. On very small scales, it is the laws of quantum mechanics that […]

Let’s dive into the processes going on inside one the most unique labs at UC Davis and in the U.S.   By EKATERINA MEDVEDEVA — science@theaggie.org   In the southeast part of the UC Davis campus, amid numerous complexes dedicated to sciences, there stands an inconspicuous yellowish building named the Jungerman Hall. Despite its plain […]