Under the watchful eye of news media and area winegrape growers, a remote-controlled helicopter, fitted with a spray applicator system, was field tested today over a vineyard in the heart of the famed Napa ...

Technology - Engineering

Jun 11, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —The development of a standardized killer-whale necropsy system has boosted the collection of complete data from killer-whale strandings from 2 percent to about 33 percent, according to a recent ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jun 07, 2013 3 / 5 (3) 0 |

To attract and maintain a diverse, qualified academic workforce, institutions of higher education should have—and promote—policies to help balance career and family life, according to an article published by UC Davis ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Jun 05, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Salmon and other native freshwater fish in California will likely become extinct within the next century due to climate change if current trends continue, ceding their habitats to non-native ...

Biology - Ecology

May 30, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 1

Rounded pebbles on the surface of Mars indicate that a stream once flowed on the red planet, according to a new study by a team of scientists from NASA's Curiosity rover mission, including a University of ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

May 30, 2013 4.9 / 5 (10) 22 |

(Phys.org) —If you think your mixed-breed pup is naturally hardier than the neighbor's purebred, you may want to think again. A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, indicates ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 29, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —Striking a blow at foodborne diseases, the 100K Pathogen Genome Project at the University of California, Davis, today announced that it has sequenced the genomes of its first 10 infectious microorganisms, including ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 22, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —It's been said metaphorically that too much focus on the trees can cause one to lose sight of the forest. In a similar check of perspective, a group of biologists, led by a University of California, ...

Biology - Biotechnology

May 21, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at the University of California, Davis.

Chemistry - Materials Science

May 20, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

Meeting the demand for more data storage in smaller volumes means using materials made up of ever-smaller magnets, or nanomagnets. One promising material for a potential new generation of recording media ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

May 20, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 1 |

Fifteen years of research at the University of California, Davis, is being turned into commercial products by Dysonics, a startup company based in San Francisco. Since becoming the first "graduate" from the Engineering Translational ...

Technology - Software

May 20, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

From Ireland to the Balkans, Europeans are basically one big family, closely related to one another for the past thousand years, according to a new study of the DNA of people from across the continent.

Biology - Biotechnology

May 07, 2013 4 / 5 (22) 3 |

A consortium of scientists from across the country has found that breathing ultrafine particles from a large family of materials that increasingly are found in a host of household and commercial products, from sunscreens ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

May 06, 2013 3.6 / 5 (5) 0 |

Arriving at a national definition of "English language learner" is a formidable task, best undertaken in a years-long process, a University of California, Davis, expert argued Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

May 02, 2013 not rated yet 0

Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, crude oil toxicity continues to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 01, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 0