Monthly Archives: January 2013
UC Davis tech incubator admits three new startups
Three new UC Davis startup companies working in clean hydrogen production, chip-scale magnetic sensors and tissue engineering have been admitted to the Engineering Translational Technology Center at the College of Engineering. Woodall Tech, Inc. Founded by Jerry Woodall, a distinguished …
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Test for hormone-disrupting chemicals gets global seal of approval
A test for hormone-disrupting pollutants, originally developed at the University of California, Davis, has been approved as an international standard by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development as well as by the U.S. government. “Endocrine disruptors” are chemicals that …
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Tour campus museums on Super Science Saturday, Feb. 2
The day before Super Bowl Sunday, take an afternoon for some super science museums. UC Davis’s second annual Biodiversity Museum Day will take place Saturday, February 2, from 1 to 4 pm. The event is a special opportunity to go …
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Bad news for pears, but let the cows eat cake
Two sort-of nutrition related items that caught my eye today: Firstly, researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine contradict the notion that a “pear-shaped” body is healthier than an “apple-shaped” one; second, some cattle ranchers stung by the high …
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Solving genome puzzles without a picture
New genomics technique could help sequencing less-known species One of the most difficult problems in the field of genomics is assembling relatively short “reads” of DNA into complete chromosomes. In a new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy …
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Triassic “Jaws” found
We’re going to need a bigger boat: palaeontologists including UC Davis postdoc Lars Schmitz have described a 30-foot long ichthyosaur — an air-breathing, dolphin-like marine reptile — with five-inch long razor teeth that was likely the top predator in the …
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Power-saving startup Ennetix graduates from engineering technology incubator
(Contributed by Paul Dorn) Ennetix, a startup firm based on research conducted at UC Davis, has graduated from the university’s tech incubator, the Engineering Translational Technology Center (ETTC). Ennetix is the second firm to exit the ETTC, following the May …
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