Geology provides a language for understanding the Earth. Stories from the planet’s past are locked in the rocks and landscape. But others are hard to reveal, hidden in troves of data. Alums Barbara Wotham and Chad Trexler launched a Geology Coding Bootcamp program to help students uncover those stories.
The Department of Physics and Astronomy will hold a screening March 13 of “What is Real? Six Short Films About Quantum Physics.” The screening will take place at 7 p.m. in 1002 Cruess Hall, followed by a Q&A.
At the February Davis Science Café, an event hosted by Professor Jared Shaw and the Department of Chemistry, Crystal Ripplinger explored the compounding effects of emotional stress on the heart and explained the science behind broken heart syndrome.
At the February 2026 Astronomy on Tap event at Sudwerk Brewing Co., Andrew Wetzel used supercomputer simulations to take the audience through the 13.8-billion-year history of the Milky Way galaxy.
In a recent study appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of California, Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers use computational modeling to investigate a hypothesized state of supercooled liquid water. The research provides evidence for two supercooled liquid water states.
Claris Sunjo is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at UC Davis, working under the supervision of Professor Eliot Atekwana in the Atekwana Research Lab Group. Sunjo's research focuses on investigating carbon cycling in tropical mangrove estuaries.
Annaliese Franz and her lab are designing therapeutic molecules of the future. Through organic synthesis and catalysis, the team is building and improving molecules with therapeutic potential. Some current projects include developing a new nanoparticle technology for livestock vaccines and improving treatments for neurodegenerative disorders like epilepsy.
If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve been bit by a mosquito. But what do you know about these creatures beyond them being perceived pesky annoyances? At the January Davis Science Cafe, neurobiologist Lisa Baik explained what can lead to mosquito bites and various ways to deter these pesky bites.
How might falling into a black hole feel? Assuming you’re not ripped apart, a process called spaghettification, and your consciousness remains intact, UC Davis Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy Brenna Mockler has some ideas.
By tracking swarms of very small earthquakes, seismologists are getting a new picture of the complex region where the San Andreas fault meets the Cascadia subduction zone, an area that could give rise to devastating major earthquakes.
