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2022

• How a $100 box is changing the way people protect themselves against coronavirus | The Dallas Morning News | August 23, 2022
• A Viral Sensation | Sactown Magazine | July/August 2022
• See how UC Davis lab is trying to save the Delta smelt, a key measure of waterway’s health | The Fresno Bee | August 8, 2022
• COVID sewage surveillance labs join the hunt for monkeypox | NPR | August 8, 2022
• Pandemic Problems: How long does coronavirus stay in the air after someone with COVID leaves the room? | San Francisco Chronicle | August 4, 2022
• Scientists improve cement with shrimp shell nanoparticles | Earth.com | August 3, 2022
• Geometric Analysis Reveals How Birds Mastered Flight | Quanta Magazine | August 3, 2022
• This DIY box helps clear indoor air of the coronavirus. Why aren’t more people using them? | Los Angeles Times | July 31, 2022
• COVID variants mean ventilation is more important than ever. So what does ‘good’ air flow look like? | San Francisco Chronicle | July 14, 2022
• Bridges under pressure | Tech Xplore | July 7, 2022
• Coronavirus FAQ: Got any tips on improving indoor air flow to reduce infection risks? | NPR | June 29, 2022
• Air quality expert Richard L. Corsi discusses the complexity of cleaning indoor air | C&EN: Chemical & Engineering News | June 12, 2022
• How Mansions Can Intensify Wildfires | Bloomberg News | May 13, 2022
• Is wearing a mask while traveling still helpful if you're the only one? | CNN | April 20, 2022
• How to make smart COVID risk-benefit decisions | Scientific American | April 19, 2022
• The Power of the Breath | Comstock's Magazine | April 11, 2022
• A Dry Idea to Save Energy and Preserve Food | UC Davis News | April 8, 2022
• Revolutionary changes in transportation, from electric vehicles to ride sharing, could slow global warming – if they’re done right, IPCC says | The Conversation | April 4, 2022
• Why space lettuce could be the pharmacy astronauts need | Popular Science | March 22, 2022​​​​​​
• Genetically modified lettuce may help keep astronauts’ bones healthy on long trips into space | BBC Science Focus Magazine | March 22, 2022
• How Mars Astronauts Could Use Lettuce to Battle Microgravity Threats | CNET | March 22, 2022
• Bone-boosting lettuce could help Mars astronauts stay healthy | NewScientist | March 22, 2022
• (Spanish) Numérique : La nouvelle révolution agricole (The new agricultural revolution) | Radio-Canada | March 19, 2022
• The Homemade Air Purifier That’s Been Saving Lives During the Covid-19 Pandemic | Smithsonian Magazine | March 7, 2022
• Device developed to detect hypoxia in fetuses helps prevent unnecessary cesarean sections | The California Aggie | February 28, 2022
• Cross-campus collaboration leads to ‘smart prosthetics’ for amputee patients | UC Davis Health | January 12, 2022
• Zero Emissions Vehicles At Scale: Steps To Replace Fossil Fuel Vehicles With Battery-Electric | Forbes | January 8, 2022
• Air quality expert says ditch cloth for N-95 masks | KGW | January 6, 2022

2021

• How electric vehicles offered hope as climate challenges grew | Science News | December 22, 2021
• WFI 2021 Recognition – Idea of the Year Award | Waterloo Filtration Institute | December 21, 2021
• As drought deepens, a city looks to restore dry riverbed into flowing river | NBC News | December 10, 2021
• Eco-friendly ‘Jelly Ice Cube’ Could Transform Cold Storage | Good News Network | December 8, 2021
• Build a DIY Indoor Air Purifier | Portland Monthly | November 25, 2021
• Climate Change Disrupting Natural Cycles At Drier Lake Tahoe | Associated Press | October 22, 2021
• Automation startup collaborates for real-world tests | Western Farm Press | September 28, 2021
• DIY Air Filters For Classrooms? Experts Are Enthusiastic — And A Citizen Scientist Makes It Easy | WGBH | August 17, 2021
• Wastewater Helps Health Officials Spot Covid-19 Warning Signs | Wall Street Journal | July 25, 2021
• A Covid Test as Easy as Breathing | The New York Times | July 11, 2021
• Facemasks block expired particles, despite leakage at edges, study finds | Science Daily | June 8, 2021
• Measuring Brain Flow and Activity with Light | EurekAlert! | May 12, 2021
• Road freight sustainability expert: Great minds and great experts’ must come together | FreightWaves | April 12, 2021
• A fluid solution to dendrite growth in lithium metal batteries | Science Codex  | March 2, 2021
• UC Davis 'Perseveres' with Nasa | UC Davis | February 22, 2021
• Best Beer Brewing Classes | The Spruce Eats | January 8, 2021

2020

• Promise for New Proteins | Comstock's Magazine | December 14, 2020
• State stem cell agency funds clinical trial for spina bifida treatment | UC Davis Health | November 12, 2020
• COVID-19 Safety for Coffee Shops | Daily Coffee News | October 20, 2020
• Comparing face coverings in controlling expired particles | EurekAlert! | September 25, 2020
• UC opens new AI institute for next-generation food systems | The Farmer | August 27, 2020
• Total-body PET/CT Captures Full Picture of Systemic Inflammatory Arthritis | Imaging Technology News | July 14, 2020
• Non-invasive fetal oxygen monitor could make for safer deliveries | Science Daily | June 17, 2020
• New Double-Contrast Technique Picks Up Small Tumors On MRI | Science Blog | May 25, 2020
• COVID-19 may spread through breathing and talking — but we don't know how much | LiveScience | April 7, 2020
• How Concrete Production Can Help or Hurt Our Environment | Futurity | March 24, 2020
• Anti-Solar Cells Could Generate Electricity at Night | Universe Today | February 5, 2020
• Instead of high-tech hardware, plants might one day produce medicines on Mars | Technology.Org | January 31, 2020

2019

• Why drones are important for sustainable agriculture in the 21st century | Fruit Growers News | December 18, 2019
• Are students getting enough air? | Phys.org | November 5, 2019
• A Breath Test for Opioids | Science & Technology Research News | October 8, 2019
• Microbes make chemicals for scent marking in a cat | Phys.org | September 13, 2019
• UC Davis Drone Academy Keeps on Soaring | The Davis Enterprise | Aug. 18, 2019
• Robot arm tastes with engineered bacteria | Science & Technology Research News | July 1, 2019
• UCD engineering students take on the big issues | The Davis Enterprise | June 8, 2019
• Report: Lake Tahoe clarity improves by over 10 feet in 2018 | The Tahoe Daily Tribune | May 23, 2019

2018

• Detecting E. coli strains using molecular electronics | EurekAlert! | November 5, 2018
• Detecting E. coli strains using molecular electronics | phys.org | November 5, 2018
• 10 From UC Davis Elected as AAAS Fellows | UC Davis | November 27, 2018
• UC Davis Student Team Wins Amazon Alexa Artificial Intelligence Challenge | Yuba Net | November 28, 2018
• UCD team wins $500K in Amazon Alexa AI challenge | Davis Enterprise | December 7, 2018
• World's first full-body medical scanner generates astonishing 3D images | New Atlas | November 19, 2018
• Grant to Expand Free STEM Textbook Project | UC Davis News | Oct. 9, 2018
• My turn: CA’s transportation is broken. The next governor can fix it. | CalMatters | Sept. 30, 2018
• A summer of smog: Southern California endures 87 consecutive days of dirty air | King 5 NBC News Affiliate | Sept. 23, 2018
• Urban wildfires bring lingering worries about what’s in the ash and air | PBS New Hour | Sept. 11, 2018
• UC Davis Receives $1 Million From Keck Foundation Following Virus Discovery | UC Davis News | Sept. 6, 2018
• Mechanical and Adhesive Properties of Crude Oil Droplets: Contributions of Interfacial Components | American Chemical Society | August 23, 2018
• NVIDIA to Collaborate with DARPA to Develop Systems for Post-Moore’s Law Era | NVIDIA | July 24, 2018
• Starving stem cells of oxygen can help build stronger bones | California Institute for Regenerative Medicine | July 12, 2018
• DNA-ROM: New Grant Aims for Memory Chips Based on DNA | Egghead | July 17, 2018
• CCST Welcomes UC Davis Distinguished Professor Alexandra Navrotsky and UCLA Chancellor Emeritus Albert Carnesale to Board of Directors | California Council on Science and Technology | July 17, 2018
• Simon Cherry Receives SNMMI 2018 Paul C. Aebersold Award in Nuclear Medicine Science | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | June 24, 2018
• UC Davis First-Gen Stories: Semaj Troupe, Chemical Engineering | UC Davis News | June 21, 2018
• UC Davis Engineering Students Showcase Their Design Skills | Davis Enterprise | June 14, 2018
• Unprecedented Weather in 2017 Hurts Clarity Level in Lake Tahoe | UC Davis News | June 13, 2018
• Innovations in Parking, ‘Digital Medicines’ Top UC Davis Business Competition | UC Davis News | May 24, 2018
• Sam King: From academia to Silicon Valley — and back | Nature | April 30, 2018
• UC Davis Freshman Decision Day 2018 Photos: #FutureEngineer Photo Booth & More | Flickr | April 12, 2018
• Female-Majority Student Clubs Offer Support and Career Development | UC Davis: What Can I Do With My Major? | April 11, 2018
• What Are H-1B Visas, and Do They Hurt American Workers? | The New York Times | April 6, 2018
• Q&A: Bruce Gates on the Molecules That Can Drive Chemical Reactions | SLAC | March 26, 2018
• Women in Research: Dean Jennifer Sinclair Curtis | Wiley | March 20, 2018
• Consumer, Industrial Products Overtake Transportation as Source of Urban Air Pollution | UC Davis News | February 15, 2018
• Silicon Nanostructures Bend Light to Make Faster Photodiodes | IEEE Spectrum | February 14, 2018
• Investing in the Future: UC Davis’ AvenueE Program Will Benefit Twice as Many Students in the Next 2 Years | UC Davis | Feb. 12, 2018
• ASEE PRISM: UC Davis and Hanoi University of Mining and Geology Partnership | ASEE PRISM | January 2, 2018