Innovations in agricultural technology have brought many benefits but have also introduced vulnerabilities to cyberattacks. UC Davis computer scientists are part of a team that has outlined a path forward for agricultural cybersecurity in a paper published in Nature Food.
A soft actuator and flexible wings allow a butterfly-sized flying robot co-developed by UC Davis engineer Wenzhong Yan to recover from collisions and crushing, bringing resilient micro-aerial vehicles closer to operating outside the laboratory.
Cheemeng Tan, a professor of biomedical engineering, leads an interdisciplinary and multi-campus research team working on a method for room temperature storage of cellular therapies, aiming to make the life-saving potential of these therapies much more accessible and cheaper than ever before.
Practicing wellness can sometimes feel like extra homework. With support from the NSF, UC Davis educator Susan Gentry will investigate how students approach self-care and whether bringing wellness exercises into the classroom can help.
A $1 million endowment from the Specialty Coffee Association will provide lasting support for graduate student researchers at the UC Davis Coffee Center and help prepare future leaders in coffee science.
In a perspective published in Science, Professor Raissa D’Souza explores a breakthrough in understanding how disorder can promote stability in complex systems and what it could mean for science and society.
UC Davis researchers are partnering with Mango Materials to make sustainable plastics derived from waste methane more affordable, combining university research, industrial-scale biomanufacturing and workforce training to advance the growing industry.
The associate professor of computer science is among just five researchers from across the nation to have received the award in support of foundational AI research. Huang aims to give AI agents a way to adapt mid-workflow and prove their plans are safe before acting.
Two M.D./Ph.D. students with a biomedical engineering focus have been awarded grants from the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine. The grants support leading-edge research aimed at improving patient care and advancing health equity.
Through a collaboration with Germany’s Max Planck Institute, UC Davis Ph.D. student Toulik Maitra is developing computational tools to accelerate the design of organic semiconductors that could help advance flexible electronics and more efficient OLED displays.
