Science & Technology

A recent study found that white children are far more likely to receive CT scans than are African American or Hispanic children. Led by JoAnne Natale, medical director of the UC Davis Children’s Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and associate professor of pediatric critical care medicine at UC Davis School of Medicine, this study is an analysis of previous research, which found a prediction rule for CT scan use.

This fall, students have more to worry about than just the common cold. UC Berkeley students must take extra care with their health this season, as there is currently a confirmed outbreak of mumps on campus.

Nematodes are some of the most important animals that we rarely ever see. They’re commonly called roundworms because, well, that’s what they look like. They’re much more diverse than you would expect, though, ranging from microscopic bacteria grazers and plant eaters to foot-long worms in the human intestine.

Polonium 210 (210Po) has a life of intrigue and infamy compared to other elements. Since its discovery by Marie Curie 113 years ago, it has been used for a variety of purposes including heating satellites, removing static from photography equipment and even KGB assassinations.

A group of international astronomers and physicists has detected the highest-energy gamma rays ever observed from a pulsar. This new and surprising data could provide insight into unknown phenomenon occurring in space.

Often, the best new technology comes from learning about everyday phenomena.

New research from UC Davis scientists reveals how useful a self-cleaning fabric – more specifically, cotton – can be for many professions. The fabric is able to fight off bacteria as a result of its production of hydrogen peroxide.

Humans need oxygen. When the weather is warm we can leave our windows open and get all the oxygen we could ever want, but when the weather turns chilly, we close the windows and cut off our unlimited supply.

Science fiction’s obsession with Mars began with a mistranslation.

I went through a phase during my first year at UC Davis where I absolutely fell in love with photography. My dad had just bought a Canon Rebel XSi, a wonderful digital SLR camera, and I had just started using Tumblr, home to some of the most talented photographers on the internet.

Researchers at UC Davis recently published a paper detailing new treatments that use the hormone leptin, instead of insulin, to treat patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes (juvenile onset and adult onset, respectively).

A new species of wasp has been discovered by Lynn Kimsey, a professor of entomology at UC Davis, on a recent expedition to Sulawesi, an island in Indonesia.