This is a representative image of cultured dissociated hippocampal neurons transiently expressing psychLight1 and psychLight2. Scale bar, 20 mm. Credit: Calvin Ly A genetically encoded…
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A natural brilliant blue coloring has been discovered by an international team of researchers including chemists at the University of California, Davis. The new cyan…
Fusing classical epidemiology and genomics is a tool for future pandemics. Genome sequencing of thousands of SARS-CoV-2 samples shows that surges of COVID-19 cases are…
SARS-CoV-2 showed the world with devastating clarity the threat undetected viruses can pose to global public health. SpillOver, a new web application developed by scientists at…
Seagrass, akin to a marine forest in terms of the biodiversity found within it, spreads across Tomales Bay in northern California. Credit: Melissa Ward, UC…
Rhesus macaques develop promising immune response to SARS-CoV-2; Results suggest lasting immunity after infection. In a promising result for the success of vaccines against COVID-19,…
A southern resident killer whale swims in the Salish Sea in 2018. An endangered species, this population of just over 70 individuals lives year-round off…
Chest X-ray image of patient with lung injury due to vaping. Credit: UC Regents Vaping-related lung injury and COVID-19’s shared symptoms can be confusing. A…
Illustration of female hunter depicting hunters who may have appeared in the Andes 9,000 years ago. Credit: Matthew Verdolivo, UC Davis IET Academic Technology Services…
President Donald J. Trump on Sunday, October 4, 2020, in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Credit: Official…
Rubisco is the most abundant enzyme on the planet. Present in plants, cyanobacteria (also known as blue-green algae) and other photosynthetic organisms, it’s central to…
This map overlays the probability of burn severity in California’s northern coastal mountains, as forecasted in a UC Davis study, with burn perimeters of wildfires…
A new genomic study ranks the potential of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to bind to the ACE2 receptor site in 410 vertebrate animals. Old World…
Closeup of the stomach area of a fossil ichthyosaur, Guizhouichthyosaurus, showing part of the body of another large marine reptile. The ichthyosaur had swallowed its…
Influenza viruses can spread through the air on dust, fibers, and other microscopic particles, according to new research from the University of California, Davis and…
Cosmo, a 110-pound bull calf was born in April of 2020 at UC Davis. Scientists successfully genome-edited him as an embryo to produce more male…
[embedded content]Earthquakes that occur more than 300 kilometers below the Earth are poorly understood. UC Davis geophysicist Magali Billen modeled stresses in a sinking tectonic…
Evidence continues to mount that the Neandertals, who lived in Europe and Asia until about 40,000 years ago, were more sophisticated people than once thought.…
This graphic illustrates the vapor buoyancy effect, in which cold, humid air rises because it is lighter than dry air. Credit: Da Yang/UC Davis The…
Earth’s molten core may be leaking iron, according to researchers at UC Davis and Aarhus University, Denmark. The new study suggests heavier iron isotopes migrate…