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Astronomers find a dark matter galaxy far, far away

(PhysOrg.com) -- A faint “satellite galaxy” 10 billion light years from Earth is the lowest-mass object ever detected at such a distance, says University of California, Davis, physics professor Chris ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Engineers look to the birds for the future of UAVs (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at UC San Diego are mimicking the movement of bird wings to help improve the maneuverability of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Technology / Engineering

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Strange Antihyperparticle Created

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists, including nine from UC Davis, working at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory recently created some strange matter not seen since just after the Big Bang -- an "antihypertriton" ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (33) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researcher's waste-to-energy technology moves from the lab to the marketplace

(Phys.org) -- Technology invented by a University of California, Davis, researcher that converts solid waste into renewable energy is debuting today as the first commercially available, high-solid anaerobic ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

DNA and the 'magic rings' trick

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from UC Davis shows how, like a conjuring trick with interlocking rings, two interlocked pieces of DNA are separated after DNA is copied or repaired. The finding was published online Oct. 10 in ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Warm-blooded sea reptiles of the Jurassic

(PhysOrg.com) -- New evidence shows that reptiles roaming the oceans at the time of the dinosaurs could maintain a constant body temperature well above that of the surrounding water.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 10, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Tokyo at risk from massive aftershock, expert says (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tokyo may be at serious risk from a massive aftershock and associated tsunami as a result of the devastating March 11 earthquake near Sendai, Japan, according to UC Davis seismologist John Rundle.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Metal oxide simulations could help green technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Davis, researchers have proposed a radical new way of thinking about the chemical reactions between water and metal oxides, the most common minerals on Earth. Their work appears ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New biomaterial more closely mimics human tissue

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new biomaterial designed for repairing damaged human tissue doesn’t wrinkle up when it is stretched. The invention from nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego marks ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nano-sandwich Triggers Novel Electron Behavior

(PhysOrg.com) -- A material just six atoms thick in which electrons appear to be guided by conflicting laws of physics depending on their direction of travel has been discovered by a team of physicists at the University of ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 4

California's Ancient Kelp Forest

(PhysOrg.com) -- The kelp forests off southern California are considered to be some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet, yet a new study indicates that today's kelp beds are less extensive and lush ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Modern dogs are more Asian fusions than Euro pups, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Don't close the book on Fido’s genealogy just yet: A new study led by University of California, Davis, wildlife genetics researchers provides a surprising glimpse into the global heritage ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Self-cleaning cotton breaks down pesticides, bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Davis scientists have developed a self-cleaning cotton fabric that can kill bacteria and break down toxic chemicals such as pesticide residues when exposed to light.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New plant ecology study challenges conventional wisdom

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of 58 ecologists, including UC Davis researcher Louie Yang, has found that habitat productivity does not predict the quantity or diversity of plant species, as has been ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

HIV protein unveils vaccine target

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international study headed by a UC Davis scientist describes how a component of a potential HIV vaccine opens like a flower, undergoing one of the most dramatic protein rearrangements yet ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast