Science & Technology

As college students, we often take safety for granted, especially in familiar settings. Inspired by a real life story, an app called Watch Over Me ensures your safety no matter where you go, for those less than ideal moments (e.g. walking to your car late at night) through automated tracking. Co-founder Xin-Ci Chin was inspired […]

As college students, our lives are filled with multiple commitments, ranging from academic to extracurricular to social. The last thing some of us want to do after a long day is exercise. There’s just no time to fit in a workout, right? Maybe you’ll change your mind after trying Sworkit, an app designed to motivate […]

Custom fit hip surgery Researchers from the University of Southampton, England for the first time made a titanium hip to custom fit a patient undergoing her seventh hip surgery. They used her CT scan and computer aided design as well as computer aided manufacturing technology to implant a new socket for the ball of the […]

Being in a community where health is one of the forefronts of research for UC Davis, students, faculty and residents are more aware of fitness and its importance. Fairly recently, RunKeeper launched a new app called Breeze. Breeze encompasses old-school functions of an actual pedometer worn on the hip as well as some sleek new […]

The Indian superbug A new paper in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy sheds more light on the terrifying gene factor named NDM, also known as “the Indian superbug” for its resistance to virtually all antibiotics. NDM travels in gut bacteria and can spread between people through the fecal-oral route. Because only a few known drugs […]

It’s often hard to say no to one more chip, one more cookie or whatever your guilty food pleasure might be. Ninety percent of U.S. adults have a poor lifestyle due to smoking, lack of exercise, lack of maintaining a healthy weight and a poor diet. Dr. Thomas Bradbury, a psychology professor and co-director of […]

As college students, almost every Aggie has a laptop; they are a great tool due to their mobility. However, they are less effective when they are constantly plugged into a power source. There are many myths and tips on how to maximize battery life and battery health in order to get the most of your […]

Vitamin D reduces risk of breast cancer According to researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, breast cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their bloodstream were twice as likely to survive than cancer patients who did not. These findings were published in Anticancer Research. When present in sufficient […]

Joint research out of UC Riverside and the Russian Academy for Science has produced a new type of holographic memory device utilizing spin waves. Their invention has the potential to make improvements to modern technology, including the benefits of increased storage and processing capacity that has never before been attainable. The UC Riverside team is […]

The Yosemite black bear is a curious, bold and predictable creature. Many of these bears, who have learned since infancy to fulfill their energy requirements through consumption of the vastly diverse and procurable human foods, pose an imminent nuisance to campers and hikers vacationing on the Yosemite grounds. Jack Hopkins, a research fellow at the […]

Gesture into the future New gesture recognition technology is now cheaper than ever before and uses significantly less power than touch screens. AllSee, created by Bryce Kellogg, Vamsi Talla and Shyam Gollakota from the University of Washington, has a small sensor that can be installed on the phone. Through this sensor it uses television signals […]

A team of medical researchers at UCLA has drawn an unnerving link between pesticide exposure and an increased risk for Parkinson’s disease. For individuals of a genetically at-risk population, even low levels of exposure can exponentially increase the likelihood of developing the disease. The research was published in the Feb. 4 issue of the journal […]