Science & Technology

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.

If you have Aaron Rogers or Drew Brees on your fantasy football players right now, I probably don’t need to clarify that I am talking about American football and not soccer. It’s NFL season, and whether you are following your fantasy team or just catching up on how your favorite squad is doing, there are applications for that.

Dengue fever, which also goes by the more striking name “break-bone fever,” is considered by the World Health Organization to be one of the most neglected tropical diseases. The illness, as its nickname suggests, causes high fever and intense muscle and joint aches.

To many Californians, the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that shook the East Coast on Aug. 23 probably didn’t sound that impressive. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), California experiences an average of one earthquake above magnitude 5.0 every year, while Virginia experiences an earthquake of the same magnitude about every hundred years.

The devastation caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan may be avoided in the future with high-frequency radars that track the deadly waves, says a new report. The tsunami swept away cars, ships and buildings as it made its way to the Japanese shore after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake northeast of Tokyo.