By Becky Oskin, College of Letters and Science October 10, 2019 “Earworms” are those fragments of songs that get stuck on repeat in your head. While earworms are often frustrating, repeated exposure to catchy tunes can also trigger old memories, even in people whose memory skills are impaired by Alzheimer’s disease or other cognitive disorders. […]
By Lisa Howard October 9, 2019 The women Rukhshanda Abdur Rehman has interviewed in her native Pakistan have put a lot of faith in her. They are the agricultural workers who plant, tend and harvest the region’s wheat and rice crops, among others, in the agriculturally rich region of Punjab. “After I talk to them, […]
By Kat Kerlin October 9, 2019 The U.S. Agency for International Development will award up to $85 million over the next five years to the University of California, Davis’ One Health Institute and consortium partners to implement the One Health Workforce—Next Generation project. The project intends to enhance global health security by strengthening the capacity […]
By Lisa Howard October 7, 2019 The John Muir Institute of the Environment at University of California, Davis, announced the selection of the 2019 Muir Institute Fellows during its annual open house on October 1 at The Barn. Launched in 2017, the program recognizes exemplary UC Davis faculty and staff whose career and research epitomizes […]
By Becky Oskin October 07, 2019 A new institute at UC Davis will advance the fundamentals of data science and prepare students to solve data analysis and machine learning problems in diverse fields. Focusing on research and education, the UC Davis TETRAPODS Institute of Data Science (UCD4IDS) will serve as a hub for faculty, scholars, […]
October 1, 2019 (SACRAMENTO) — UC Davis researchers have been awarded $1.5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the first part of a project to develop a novel approach to deliver genome editing machinery to genes responsible for a rare form of familial cancer. Kit S. Lam, distinguished professor and chair of […]
By Kat Kerlin October 2, 2019 Sierra Nevada forests are losing plant diversity due to high-severity fires, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. These fires are turning patches of forest into shrub fields — indefinitely, in some cases. For the study, published in the journal Ecosphere, scientists analyzed plant diversity across […]
September 30, 2019 (SACRAMENTO) — A UC Davis research team, led by Vladimir Yarov-Yarovoy and Heike Wulff, will receive a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a novel class of peptides that are better a treating pain and don’t have the side effects of opioids. The grant is part […]
September 27, 2019 (SACRAMENTO) — Agitation and aggression are just a few of the behavioral and psychological symptoms that people with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders – and their caregivers — can have difficulty understanding and managing. But an easy-to-use online platform, called WeCareAdvisor, aims to bridge the information gap for caregivers, who are typically […]
