UC Davis Road to Research

12/04/2015

Makes me want to get some blocks: http://n.pr/1OqLCIm

Don't call it a comeback: Blocks have been here for more than 100 years. Studies have shown they can help build language and cognition skills — and even help teach math.

12/03/2015

! Another undated photo of research happening at UC Davis......hairstyles indicate maybe the 1970s or early 80s!

12/01/2015

A chilly place to do research! http://blogs.ucdavis.edu/egghead/2015/12/01/refael-klein-flies-the-aggie-flag-at-the-south-pole/

For the next year, UC Davis alumnus Refael Klein will be lead scientist at NOAA's climate laboratory at the South Pole.

11/27/2015

Torn between art and biology? You can do both! http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-11/cp-bai112315.php

Bioart ranges from bacterial manipulation to glowing rabbits, cellular sculptures, and -- in the case of artist Nina Sellars -- documentation of an ear prosthetic that was implanted onto fellow artist Stelarc's arm. In the pursuit of creating art, practitioners have generated tools and techniques th…

11/27/2015

Turkeys: more than Thanksgiving dinner http://www.futurity.org/toxin-sensing-app-works-like-turkey-skin/

Inspired by turkeys, bioengineers have created a new type of biosensor that changes color when exposed to chemical vapors.

11/26/2015

Why that pumpkin pie you're eating shouldn't exist: http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/16/why-pumpkins-and-squashes-arent-extinct/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20151117ph-pumpkins&utm_campaign=Content&sf15355074=1

Squashes survived the demise of large megabeasts by forming a partnership with a new seed disperser: humans.

11/24/2015

Researchers use Skittles to test kids' sense of fairness. See what they found: http://www.futurity.org/children-fairness-1053592-2/

Scientists used a machine, the "Skittle-ator" to find out how the concept of fairness develops in children around the world.

11/23/2015

Think about this when you're taking your Chem midterm!

Glenn Seaborg did more than just discover oodles of chemical elements. He had a sense of humor too.

11/23/2015

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/23/456656055/gratitude-is-good-for-the-soul-and-it-helps-the-heart-too?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=movies&utm_term=artsculture&utm_content=2049 New research at UCSD!

This Thursday, people all over the country will sit around the dinner table discussing what they're thankful for. And being grateful may also reduce the risk of heart disease.

11/22/2015

More excellent research at UCDMC! http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/9030 =cfd-1.0&at_ab=per-4&at_pos=3&at_tot=5&at_si=564e5a75b3d405e7

In a remarkable series of experiments on a fungus that causes cryptococcal meningitis, a deadly infection of the membranes that cover the spinal cord and brain, investigators at UC Davis have isolated a protein that appears to be responsible for the fungus’ ability to cross from the bloodstrea…

11/21/2015

Huh, so maybe pigeons are good for something: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/publish/news/newsroom/10540

If pigeons went to medical school and specialized in pathology or radiology, they’d be pretty good at distinguishing digitized microscope slides and mammograms of normal vs. cancerous breast tissue, a new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis and The University of Iowa…

11/20/2015

Already doing research? Want to show it off? Then check out the Undergraduate Research Center's conference! http://urc.ucdavis.edu/conference/index.html

UC Davis undergraduates in all academic fields are invited to submit an abstract and registration information to participate in the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference. Research projects must have been conducted under the supervision of a faculty member or professi…