UC Davis computer scientists are taking a deep dive into how smart TVs collect data on what you're watching...it's a lot UC Davis College of Engineering ucdavis.edu/news/your-smar…

Aww look at the cute squirrel running around...wait what ucdavis.edu/climate/news/c…

Walnut, pecan and hickory trees all produce flowers of different sexes at different times during the growing season. Biological Sciences scientists have now figured out how they do it, and it turns out to be a similar mechanism to sex determination in animals ucdavis.edu/news/genetics-…

UC Davis geochemist Chijun Sun recently returned from a months-long expedition on the scientific vessel Chiku. The expedition is studying the seafloor off Japan where the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami took place UC Davis Letters and Science lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/science-techno…

A legacy of Jimmy Carter: Craft beer ucdavis.edu/blog/legacy-ji…

WEATHER ALERT 🚩 Strongest winds in over a decade set to hit Southern California, with gusts up to 100-mph. UCLA’s Daniel Swain warns of an “atmospheric blow-dryer” effect, as dry conditions create a “magnitude” of fire danger. @Guardian Dr. Daniel Swain theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

In 2024, UC Davis researchers and innovators reached beyond the expected. Take a look at some of the highlights from the past year in this video below. Watch this space for more in 2025 🎉

States Struggle to Curb Food Waste Despite Policies ucdavis.edu/food/news/stat…

Construction materials like concrete and plastics have potential to store billions of tons of carbon dioxide away from the atmosphere, according to a new study UC Davis College of Engineering Science Magazine ucdavis.edu/news/storing-c…

As wildfires become more common, people should think about buying devices to clean the air inside their homes, says UC Davis public health scientist Deborah Bennett msn.com/en-us/news/us/…

Is our universe tuned to support life? Physicists Nemanja Kaloper and Alexander Westphal have proposed a path to testing this Anthropic Principle, which should be feasible with upcoming experiments and satellites UC Davis Letters and Science ucdavis.edu/blog/universe-…

What's the future of California water policy under the Trump administration? Because water is a state issue, existing policies will likely continue -- but disputes with the federal govt may stop CA from going further, writes Karrigan Börk UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences californiawaterblog.com/2025/01/12/cal…

Q&A with Daniel Swain Dr. Daniel Swain. How did the Los Angeles fires get so out of control? Swain and Isaac Chotiner The New Yorker discuss how "the Los Angeles area became so vulnerable to catastrophe." #PalisadesFire #EatonFire #LAfires #cafire newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/h…

International graduate students in the US create a disproportionate number or startups and their entrepreneurialism spills over to peers from the US, a UC Davis study finds ucdavis.edu/news/internati…

Bats are known to be the primary host for Ebola and related viruses. New research is helping narrow down which bat species host the most dangerous viruses ucdavis.edu/health/news/hu…

An old manuscript in the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory library led two UC Davis grad students to resurvey a mussel bed after 80 years - finding it thriving. They were also able to meet with one of the original authors, 101-year-old Milton Hildebrand Biological Sciences ucdavis.edu/news/mussel-be…

A window to improve health: Chemist Elizabeth Neumann develops imaging tools that show chemicals in biological context UC Davis Letters and Science ucdavis.edu/blog/developin…

At this month's Davis Science Cafe, statistician Fushing Hsieh discussed Van Gogh's sunflowers, monkey hierarchies and the importance of keeping human intelligence in statistical analysis UC Davis Letters and Science lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/science-techno…

I started this account in Nov. 2008, but I think it's time to go. Content will now be appearing at ucdavis-egghead.bsky.social. The UCDavis News Service account will remain up at least for now. See you where the skies are blue!