‘Water-pumping’ fabric channels away sweat
UC DAVIS (US) — A new fabric works like human skin, forming excess sweat into droplets that drain away by themselves, says inventor Tingrui Pan. Continue…
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Society & Culture - May 8, 2013 15:25 - 24 Comments
Europeans are basically one big family
UC DAVIS (US) — Everyone with ancestors from the European continent are likely cousins who share the same family members from about a thousand years ago. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 10, 2013 10:47 - 0 Comments
Rocky ride tells sea urchins to grow up
UC DAVIS / STANFORD (US) — Purple sea urchin larvae know it’s time to settle down and grow into adults when tumbling in the waves signals they’ve hit a rocky shore, new research shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 10, 2013 10:23 - 0 Comments
Drug-finder method coaxes more oil from algae
UC DAVIS (US) — Chemists have found several compounds that can boost oil production by green microscopic algae, a potential source of biodiesel and other “green” fuels. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 3, 2013 8:40 - 0 Comments
‘Tug-of-war’ tells cell bits which way to go
UC DAVIS (US) — Like tiny, crawling compass needles, whole living cells and cell fragments orient and move in response to electric fields—but in opposite directions, scientists report. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 20, 2013 9:44 - 0 Comments
How deep carbon could pop up on Earth’s surface
UC DAVIS / JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Computer simulations of water under extreme pressure are showing geochemists how carbon might be recycled from hundreds of miles below the Earth’s surface. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 18, 2013 14:19 - 0 Comments
Little kids know when they’re not sure
UC DAVIS (US) — Children as young as three are introspective enough to know when they’re not sure about a decision, and can use that uncertainty to guide their choice, according to new research. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 30, 2013 12:54 - 0 Comments
Brain recalls time, place at different frequencies
UC DAVIS (US) — Researchers studying patients with implanted electrodes have discovered that our brains resonate at different frequencies to recall memories. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 30, 2013 10:36 - 2 Comments
Exotic silicon maxes out solar cell efficiency
UC DAVIS (US) — Computer simulations show pressure-treating silicon could substantially improve the efficiency of solar cells. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 14, 2013 11:30 - 0 Comments
‘Snapshot’ reveals why tiny pupfish share diet
UC DAVIS (US) — To get a comprehensive view of natural selection in the wild, scientists bred hybrid fish with different jaws and added them back to the original habitat. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 9, 2013 13:03 - 1 Comment
Algae pump out raw material for chemists
UC DAVIS (US) — In a step toward replacing fossils fuels in the chemical industry, scientists have engineered blue-green algae to grow chemical precursors for fuels and plastics. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 26, 2012 18:06 - 1 Comment
When mice remember, brain cells reactivate
UC DAVIS (US) — Neuroscientists have for the first time shown individual mouse brain cells being switched on during learning and later reactivated during memory recall. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 27, 2012 11:14 - 1 Comment
Team cracks open watermelon genome
UC DAVIS / CORNELL (US) — Scientists have reported the watermelon genome sequence, which could lead to tastier, heartier, more nutritious fruit, as well as a better understanding of the plant vascular system. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 31, 2012 12:00 - 0 Comments
X-rays show how semiconductor gets magnetic
UC DAVIS (US) — Seeing inside gallium manganese arsenide for the first time may help scientists develop a new class of faster, smaller devices based on an emerging field called “spintronics.” (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 29, 2012 14:53 - 2 Comments
Mouse mom’s immune response alters baby’s brain
UC DAVIS (US) — A brief kick to the immune system of a pregnant mouse can cause persistent changes in the brains of offspring, a discovery that could shed light on schizophrenia and autism. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 29, 2012 10:58 - 0 Comments
DNA repair images offer clues to breast cancer
UC DAVIS (US) — An up-close view of how single strands of DNA are prepped for repair could help researchers understand breast cancer’s origins. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 25, 2012 10:13 - 3 Comments
Kids’ worries are bigger than parents think
UC DAVIS (US) — Parents overestimate their kids’ optimism and downplay their anxieties, researchers say. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 22, 2012 13:28 - 0 Comments
To survive, genes pick up new skills
UC DAVIS (US) — Genes, like other living things, sometimes have to gain skills to succeed. New research shows that the genes that come out on top do so by a process of “innovation, amplification, and divergence.” (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 17, 2012 14:48 - 0 Comments
Flies take their ‘European’ genes back to Africa
UC DAVIS (US) — When ancestral humans walked out of Africa tens of thousands of years ago, Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies came along with them. (more…)
