Science & Technology

A new study conducted by the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) identified unmet needs among African American breast cancer survivors. The results of this “first-of-its-kind” study may provide information on how to better treat specific populations in the United States. The study, “The unmet needs of African American women with breast cancer,” looked into […]

Mental illness can sometimes be a tricky topic to discuss. Though the stigma around mental illness has dissipated in the past few decades as understanding of its nature has grown, there can still be misunderstandings about mental illness: its causes, its symptoms and the people with them. Even writing about them is tricky; in this […]

A new survey study from UC San Diego shows that distracted driving is highly prevalent among college students. Researchers found that along with frequent cell phone usage while driving, college students overestimate their driving abilities in comparison to their peers. About 5,000 participants from nine colleges in the San Diego area completed the study. The study […]

Researchers at UC Davis have discovered a key tool they believe helps sperm and eggs develop exactly 23 chromosomes each. This work, which could lead to significant insight into fertility as well as spontaneous miscarriages, cancer and other developmental disorders, was published on April 13 in the journal Cell. Normally, if all goes according to […]

Barobo, Inc., a robotics company founded by UC Davis mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Harry Cheng and his former graduate student, Graham Ryland, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) small business innovation research program for their small, versatile modular robot. Cheng and Ryland will be using the grant money […]

A new type of high-rate anaerobic digester system created by a UC Davis professor was given its first commercial application recently at a packaging plant in Sacramento. The digester allows organic solid waste to be recycled more efficiently. Ruihong Zhang, a professor in the department of biological and agricultural engineering, created the process in the […]

Introduction I, a microbiology major, live in an apartment with a chemistry major. She often complains about the length of her lab reports — sometimes in the hard work required, occasionally in the context of how much paper and ink that it uses (as much as 10 to 15 pages for the more hellish labs). […]

Whether cheering on your favorite NBA team, wearing your university letters or hugging strangers at a political rally, it feels undeniably good to be part of a group.  A university student might make a new friend while traveling thousands of miles away simply because they both go to the same school, and you might get […]

If you watch a lot of television via the internet, chances are high you have come across a website or video that restricts content to the United States and other countries. Software program TunnelBear recognizes this issue and provides a free and easy way to access internet content globally. Why should I use TunnelBear? TunnelBear […]

Nobel laureate Martin L. Perl, a professor emeritus in physics at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, Calif., will be making a public presentation this Thursday at UC Davis along with his son, art critic Jed Perl. They will speak on the topic of the similarities and differences of the creative process in […]

Learning algebra too early in life could be more harmful than beneficial to some students, according to a new study conducted by UC Davis School of Education professors Michal Kurlaender and Heather Rose, along with education programs consultant Don Taylor. The study – which looks at low-performing eighth-grade students who are placed in algebra – […]

Last week, the subject of my column was of scientists being honest but wrong. This week, I want to talk about the other part of being wrong: being dishonest. Entire books can and have been filled with stories of infamous hoaxes by people with a variety of reasons (often money, sometimes fame, occasionally to prove […]