Science & Technology

NASA states that naps of just 26 minutes can improve performance up to 34 percent. Want to invest in academic productivity? Here are some tools to help:.

I stood in front of a large, shiny metallic cube last Wednesday. It was about eight feet tall with a small oval window in the door. Before I could get a good look through the window, the door opened. When the savory smell of smoked and seasoned pork hit my nose, I realized that it had been a bad idea to skip lunch. Few things stimulate hunger like cooking meat.

UC Riverside (UCR) has received a $1.2 million grant from the United States Department of Energy to fund the development of a comprehensive driver feedback technology for passenger cars and fleet vehicles. The proposed device will promote fuel efficiency and reduce harmful fuel emissions.

Do you cringe every time you have to pay $0.99 for a song on iTunes?

We all have favorite animals to see when we go to the zoo. My personal favorite is the elephant; its size, unique body shape and sociability always made me drag my parents to see them whenever they were on display.

Three innovative gadgets to ease your bike ride to campus

I was probably one of the few people to closely read the City of Davis 2010 Annual Water Quality Report. The front of the report presents a chart full of numbers, units and initials. Down the left side of the chart is a list of possible contaminants of drinking water – arsenic, chloroform and uranium made the list.

James Hildreth, immunologist and former professor at Tennessee’s Meharry Medical College, started his post as the new dean of the College of Biological Sciences this month. As a prominent AIDS researcher, Hildreth’s work focuses on how HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus, penetrates the cell and promotes infection.

Every time my phone lights up with a text I have to be careful not to actually open the text.

In a new UC Davis study looking at 1.6 million mammograms taken across 90 facilities, Joshua Fenton and his co-authors found that computer-aided detection (CAD) in mammography actually increases false-positive readings, without significantly increasing detection rates of invasive breast cancers.

A recent study has found that the declining pH of oceans, a phenomenon called ocean acidification, could result in diminishing numbers of mussels throughout the northeastern Pacific.

Popular TV shows or movies are sometimes difficult for me to watch. For example, the show “Heroes” sounded interesting at first, but I had to stop when halfway through the first episode a college professor repeated the “you only use 10 percent of your brain” myth.