Among the Academies Content / Among the Academies Content for şŮşŮĘÓƵ en Among the Academies: When Plants Step Out of the Shadows /news/among-academies-when-plants-step-out-shadows <p>A flowering plant might not be able to tell how many fingers you’re holding up, but it can tell whether it’s light or dark outside and might grow differently if it suddenly finds itself in the shade of another plant.</p><p>Plants do that through photoreceptors, which are a major focus of research for John Clark Lagarias, a distinguished professor emeritus of molecular and cellular biology.&nbsp;</p> November 05, 2024 - 10:15am Cody Kitaura /news/among-academies-when-plants-step-out-shadows Among the Academies: Defining Biology’s Systems /news/among-academies-defining-biology-systems <p>Our daily life consists of a science invisible to the naked eye. Think of how molecules come together to form tiny machines within different parts of our bodies, like how the neural networks of our brains are a product of neurons coming together and sending digital signals with other bodily functions.</p><p>How do we model the forces of nature that we cannot see but that are indispensable to our everyday life?</p> September 24, 2024 - 12:57pm Jose Antonio Vadi /news/among-academies-defining-biology-systems Among the Academies: Always Building /news/among-academies-always-building <p>From the earliest moments of his childhood, Gary May was building. He recalls spending countless hours assembling structures with Lego bricks and Erector sets and creating imaginary worlds and characters inspired by the comic books he loved reading and collecting.&nbsp;</p> August 27, 2024 - 2:00pm Cody Kitaura /news/among-academies-always-building Among the Academies: Formulas for the Environment /news/among-academies-formulas-environment <p>To understand Alan Hastings’ theoretical ecology research at şŮşŮĘÓƵ, sometimes it can be helpful to start by thinking about counting fish.</p><p>That’s how the distinguished professor emeritus of environmental science and policy recalled once describing his work to an immigration official in Canada while on his way to a conference.</p> July 30, 2024 - 9:00am Cody Kitaura /news/among-academies-formulas-environment Among the Academies: Fully Charged Trips Ahead /news/fully-charged-trips-ahead <p>Some envision flying cars, but for Dan Sperling, the future is electric.</p><p>“I think there's a global acceptance that electric vehicles are the future,” Sperling said. “It's really just a question of exactly how and how fast.”</p><p>For the United States, the conversion is growing, but mainly in California, where the state is an outlier.</p><p>“In China now, over a third of new car sales are electric vehicles. In Europe, it's about a quarter,” Sperling said. “In the United States, it's less than 10%.”</p> May 28, 2024 - 1:00pm Jose Antonio Vadi /news/fully-charged-trips-ahead Among the Academies: Catalyzing Possibilities /news/catalyzing-possibilities <p>After more than 60 years studying chemical reactions and catalysts, Bruce Gates says şŮşŮĘÓƵ is a lot like a reaction that keeps itself going.</p> <p>“People who see the benefit of an institution where people really are committed to each other — they work to keep it that way,” he said.</p> April 16, 2024 - 8:00am Jose Antonio Vadi /news/catalyzing-possibilities Modeling Better Futures /news/modeling-better-futures <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Jennifer Sinclair Curtis was already well-established in her career in engineering when she arrived at şŮşŮĘÓƵ in 2015, yet she was able to take her work to even greater heights as the new dean of the College of Engineering.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> March 18, 2024 - 1:47pm Jose Antonio Vadi /news/modeling-better-futures Saving Space for Research /news/saving-space-research <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>By definition, the middle of nowhere is hard to find, but Susan P. Harrison defines it as the “triple junction of Napa, Lake and Yolo counties” and the center of a wealth of research possibilities.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> February 13, 2024 - 8:00am Jose Antonio Vadi /news/saving-space-research Creating His Own Path /news/creating-his-own-path <p><span lang="EN">John Morrison was such an early expert in the field of neurobiology that the major didn’t even exist at his university when he was an undergraduate. Now at şŮşŮĘÓƵ, he’s a leader in the field and continues to play a central role in the research community.</span></p> January 30, 2024 - 12:22pm Cody Kitaura /news/creating-his-own-path