Science & Technology

The UC Davis Cancer Center, along with four other University of California-designated cancer centers and emerging partners, will take part in a large-scale demonstration project called the ATHENA Breast Health Network.

Named after the Greek goddess to symbolize the war against breast cancer, ATHENA will follow and study an estimate of 150, 000 women throughout California for a number of decades. "One benefit of the collaboration is the opportunity to have a large number of patients," said Colleen Sweeney, co-director of the Breast Cancer Research Program.

American scientists share Nobel Prize

Three American scientists were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Monday for their work in cell biology.

Elizabeth Blackburn of UCSF, Carol Greider of Johns Hopkins University and Jack Szostak of Massachusetts General Hospital will split the prize money of $1.4 million. The trio made an important discovery regarding the ends of chromosomes, with possible implications to the studies of cancer and aging.

Despite the constantly increasing popularity of Macintosh computers, the PC still dominates the market share across campus. Unfortunately, these Windows-based machines are vulnerable to being easily infected with nasty viruses and spyware. These infections are no joke: They pose a significant threat to your personal data.

Invasive species cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars every year. The speed of an invasion is a big concern for documenting these invasive species. Determining the rate at which these species enter a new territory allows for a prediction of the rate of invasion.

Alan Hastings, UC Davis researcher and mathematical ecologist, has been working alongside Brett A. Melbourne of the University of Colorado to study the uncertainty in species invasion.