Science & Technology

About 1 percent of U.S. population suffers from Celiac disease, yet effects don’t receive much recognition outside afflicted community Synonymous with carbs, weight-gain, faulty metabolisms, and bad skin, gluten is often regarded as something to avoid in a modern, health-conscious society. According to a study from the NPD Group in 2013, 30 percent of American […]

Working group involves collaborators from universities across the country Imagine that one day, the electrical grids covering the earth malfunctioned. All technology powered by electricity went out, and it was impossible to access news sources and social media to find out what happened. What could cause this? This question and others are being tackled by […]

Use of driverless vehicles could reduce transport-related carbon dioxide emissions by over 80 percent in 2050 It’s predicted that by 2050, driverless cars will be a $7 trillion industry, meaning that they’ll potentially have a large impact on emissions and climate concerns. A recent report from UC Davis showed that driverless cars could reduce carbon […]

UC Davis Vet Med Center brought ill roping horse back to perfect health An American quarter horse is now in stable condition after ingesting a fatal neurotoxin. John, a champion roping horse, fell ill with botulism after eating a bad batch of grain. Prior to John, another horse in his herd died of the same […]

UC Davis moves toward goal of waste-free campus by 2020 It seems that a number of people fully embrace the zero waste trend. One woman dedicated herself to zero waste for four years and the amount of trash that she accrued filled only the space of a large peanut butter tub. Another person tried to […]

Only 24.4 percent of computer science majors are women There was a time when women were at the forefront of computer science. Many of the first programmers were women. Now, people learn about Alan Turing, creator of the Turing Machine, but forget about Ada Lovelace, the mathematician whose ideas about computing were so advanced it […]

Unattended brush pile source of deadly July accident at Antibodies, Inc. Five alpacas died at Antibodies, Inc., an immunochemistry products and services provider in Davis, over the summer due to oleander consumption. The final investigative report from the company was recently made available by Stop Animal Exploitation Now!. “We obtained the documents through the Freedom […]

Study shows that gelatin strengthens tendons, ligaments, bones Kale, acai, quinoa… and now Jell-O? After conducting research on how to strengthen connective tissues like tendons, cartilage, bones and ligaments, Keith Baar, a UC Davis professor in the Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology, found that when it came to impacting tendon strength, gelatin outranked every […]

PopSci, UC Davis, Toyota work together to host innovation event Innovation arises from all sources of inspiration, regardless of a person’s age, background or specialty. Popular Science hosted the Innovators of Tomorrow event on Nov. 9 at the Mondavi Center at UC Davis, where the creative ideas of two high school students were showcased. Afterward, […]

UC Davis study discredits paper’s claims of simple path to diabetes cure A key tenet in the scientific method is showing that an experiment, holding all other variables equal, will yield the same result every time. Any paper published in a peer-reviewed journal will come under scrutiny from the scientific community, even more so if […]

Gene found in zebrafish may advance cancer research A tiny fish is making a whale of a contribution toward cancer research at UC Davis. In a paper published in PLOS Genetics by Bruce Draper, a UC Davis associate professor, recent research may propel the discovery of a cause of ovarian cancer. While it may seem […]

Coast redwood, giant sequoia tree genomes to be fully sequenced by UC Davis, Johns Hopkins research partnership Scientists are going to learn much more about the coast redwood and giant sequoia trees over the next five years. Save the Redwoods League is partnering with UC Davis and Johns Hopkins University to fully sequence the genome […]