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Awareness of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Saves Lives

Katherine E Kerlin — March 06, 2025 - 8:57am

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a bacterial infection spread by biting ticks to humans and dogs. Found on every continent except Antarctica, the infectious disease has been spreading since the early 2000s, most notably in Mexico and Brazil. Of the cases reported, more than half of infected people and dogs die.

A paper led by the University of California, Davis, highlights one of the most effective but often missing solutions to surviving this preventable, deadly disease: awareness. Most fatal cases stem from delays in diagnosis and treatment.

3D Genome Structure Guides Sperm Development

Andy Fell — March 03, 2025 - 11:22am

How 3D folding of DNA inside germ cells sets them on the path to become sperm.

Restoring Voices and Identity with Neuroengineering

Andy Fell — February 27, 2025 - 1:00pm

Lee Miller vividly recalls the day in 2021 when he met a woman who had lost the function of her vocal cords. In hoarse, whispering tones she explained how her voice had been instrumental to her vocation. Losing it, she said, undercut her life’s purpose. Her words were faint, but the lesson was powerful.

Improving Indoor Air Quality for Better Public Health

Jocelyn C Anderson — February 24, 2025 - 9:10am

Scientists are unraveling the complex factors that go into indoor air quality and how indoor air pollution and airborne pathogens are affecting public health.

Media Experts on Avian Influenza

Amy M Quinton — February 18, 2025 - 9:50am

�ٺ��Ƶ media experts for avian influenza or bird flu.

Sweet Molasses Feed Key to Understanding Grazing Behavior in Cattle

Amy M Quinton — February 18, 2025 - 9:00am

Researchers tempted grazing cattle with sweet molasses feed to discover whether cows would roam far to graze or stick close to the herd, water supplies and feed stations.

NIH Renews Support for Lab Mouse Repository for Fifth Time

Andy Fell — February 13, 2025 - 3:59pm

The National Institutes of Health has renewed its grant to support the Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Center at the University of California, Davis. This is the 26th year of operation for the MMRRC and the fifth consecutive competitive renewal of the grant, now $7.2 million in total costs over the next five years.

Killing H5N1 in Waste Milk — An Alternative To Pasteurization

Amy M Quinton — February 13, 2025 - 9:52am

�ٺ��Ƶ researchers have found that acidification can kill H5N1 in waste milk, providing dairy farmers an affordable, easy-to-use alternative to pasteurization.

LA Wildfires Air Quality Research Roundup

Katherine E Kerlin — February 07, 2025 - 10:49am

How �ٺ��Ƶ air quality scientists are working to understand the impacts of the Los Angeles wildfires. A research roundup.

�ٺ��Ƶ Researchers Achieve Total Synthesis of Ibogaine

Andy Fell — February 06, 2025 - 10:45am

Ibogaine — a psychoactive plant derivative — has attracted attention for its anti-addictive and anti-depressant properties. But ibogaine is a finite resource, extracted from plants native to Africa like the iboga shrub (Tabernanthe iboga) and the small-fruited voacanga tree (Voacanga africana). Further, its use can lead to irregular heartbeats, introducing safety risks and an overall need to better understand how its molecular structure leads to its biological effects.