Science & Technology

Thanks to UC Davis and UC Berkeley scientists, visual search isn't limited to Android users any longer. With the help of crowdsourcing, computer vision and 'a bit of magic,' iPhone application oMoby is the newest addition to visual search.

A recent study at Columbia University shows that pesticides might cause ADHD in children. The findings of the study did in fact indicate that children with higher levels of organophosphate metabolites were more likely to meet the diagnostic criteria for ADHD.

Dr. Brassington turned the little mirror toward me so I could see my teeth.

Eating nuts helps lower bad cholesterol

This week, director of the UC Davis John Muir Institute of the Environment, Mark Schwartz, organized meetings with a panel of conservation experts to discuss how students can jump into the biodiversity and conservation fields.

UC Davis is searching for new and more effective methods to deal with oral cancer.

For most of us, helping the environment means recycling, riding our bikes and drinking from reusable canteens. But now, thanks to the work of chemists, it could mean producing our own energy - from water.

Superheroes and the villains they vanquish are always stealing their powers from the animal kingdom. Spiderman launched webs and Dr. Octopus had eight limbs. Sabertooth was vicious and Wolverine emulated a member of the weasel family. Catwoman? More like copy-cat.

You don't have to be a conservation biologist to help regenerate a dying breed of blue oak trees. This is the hope of citizen science-advocate, Heidi Ballard, a professor in the UC Davis School of Education, who believes that public volunteers can not only help researchers collect data, but can help create the research itself.

While most people have no problem drinking a nice cold mojito, a young dachshund puppy named Mojito was having trouble swallowing anything at all until he underwent a revolutionary procedure to save his life.

UC Davis is working to help rectify the damage done by the oil spill that occurred in the Gulf Coast over three weeks ago - a cause of great concern among the scientific community due to its potential impact on wildlife.

I would be a terrible astronaut.

This past weekend, limnology students partook on an adventure-filled annual excursion to Castle Lake.

Last week marked the final round of the eighth annual U.S. Imagine Cup. The competition for high school, undergraduate and graduate students combined their passion and creativity in business and technology to tackle global issues.

Toddlers harmed from too much exposure to TV