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Your Smart TV is Watching What You Watch

Andy Fell — December 18, 2024 - 2:45pm

If you’re thinking of buying a “smart” TV for the holidays, you ought to know that your new device is constantly capturing snapshots of what’s on screen and sending them back to the manufacturer — even if you are using the device as a computer monitor and not watching TV at all. The findings come from a recent study by computer scientists at the University of California, Davis; University College London; and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, published in Proceedings of the 2024 ACM on Internet Measurement Conference.

The High Cost of Carbon

Katherine E Kerlin — December 17, 2024 - 11:05am

The social cost of carbon — an important figure used to analyze the benefits of climate policies — is too low, finds �ٺ��Ƶ study.

�ٺ��Ƶ Tops Nation in Sustainability Rankings

Julia Ann Easley — December 12, 2024 - 6:00am

The University of California, Davis, is the “greenest” campus in the United States for the ninth year in a row, according to the 2024 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings published today (Dec. 12).

The rankings, established by the University of Indonesia in 2010, also place �ٺ��Ƶ as the world’s seventh most sustainable university, the 12th consecutive year the campus has been in the world’s top 10.

�ٺ��Ƶ Health Vice Chancellor and CEO David Lubarsky to Retire

James Michael Nash — December 11, 2024 - 2:29pm

University of California, Davis, Chancellor Gary S. May announced today that David Lubarsky, �ٺ��Ƶ Health’s vice chancellor of human health sciences and chief executive officer, will retire from the university effective Feb. 15, 2025. After his retirement, Lubarsky will become president and CEO of Westchester Medical Center Health Network, a nine-hospital health system near where he grew up, in Valhalla, New York.

�ٺ��Ƶ Joins New $285 Million CHIPS Semiconductor Research Institute

Andy Fell — December 09, 2024 - 4:40pm

The University of California, Davis will be part of a new, $285 million nationwide institute dedicated to advancing research and manufacturing of American semiconductors.

The new institute, known as SMART USA (Semiconductor Manufacturing and Advanced Research with Twins USA) will develop, validate and use digital twins to improve domestic semiconductor design, manufacturing, advanced packaging, assembly and test processes.

This Time, Graduation To Be Real for �ٺ��Ƶ Student

Julia Ann Easley — December 09, 2024 - 2:35pm

Emmanuel “Manny” Garcia Pereida of Oakland wore a �ٺ��Ƶ cap and gown with a stole identifying him as a first-generation college graduate. His name sounded over the arena’s speakers. He crossed the stage and shook hands with the chancellor. His family cheered.

Feeding Grazing Cattle Seaweed Cuts Methane Emissions by Almost 40%

Amy M Quinton — December 02, 2024 - 1:20pm

Scientists find making a seaweed additive more accessible to grazing cattle would make cattle farming more sustainable while meeting global demand for meat.

Making High-yielding Rice Affordable and Sustainable

Andy Fell — November 20, 2024 - 10:53am

Rice is a staple food crop for more than half the world’s population, but most farmers don’t grow high-yielding varieties because the seeds are too expensive. Researchers from the University of California’s Davis and Berkeley campuses have identified a potential solution: activating two genes in rice egg cells that trigger their development into embryos without the need for fertilization, which would efficiently create high-yielding clonal strains of rice and other crops.

Coffee Scientists Find Best Ways to Make Coffee

Tatiana Muniz — November 18, 2024 - 9:10am

�ٺ��Ƶ coffee scientists are finding the best ways to make coffee, from sustainable farming to quality control to taste, improving the global coffee industry.

Mountain Lions Coexist with Outdoor Recreationists by Taking the Night Shift

Katherine E Kerlin — November 15, 2024 - 9:25am

Mountain lions in greater Los Angeles are proactively shifting their activity to avoid interacting with cyclists, hikers, joggers and other recreationists, finds a �ٺ��Ƶ study.