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Shared Vehicles Head Toward a Healthier Future New report says electric and driverless vehicles won’t cut it without shared mobility
Tue, 05/30/2017 - 12:01
Three transportation revolutions are in sight, and together they could help reduce traffic, improve livability, eventually save trillions of dollars each year, and reduce urban transportation carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 80 percent or more…
Studying How Skyscraper Foundations Stand Up to Earthquakes Experiments in simulation lab could help improve engineering and save money
Mon, 12/19/2011 - 16:56
(UC Davis: Davis, CA) -- Engineers at the University of California, Davis are preparing to conduct the first rigorous tests of how the steel columns that secure skyscrapers to their foundations stand up during earthquakes, research that could make…
Nation’s Largest Planned Zero Net Energy Community Opens UC Davis West Village will generate as much energy as it consumes
Mon, 12/05/2011 - 15:06
(UC Davis: Davis, CA) -- Setting a national precedent in sustainable design, UC Davis West Village will open its doors Saturday as the largest planned zero net energy community in the country. Located on the UC Davis campus, this visionary…
FDA Funds National Food Safety Training Program Goal is to develop national food safety curriculum to train food-industry and agency personnel
Tue, 10/18/2011 - 11:05
(UC Davis: Davis, CA) -- A $1.3 million grant to develop a new food-safety training program for government and industry has been awarded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary…
A New Look Below the Surface of Nanomaterials Advances in electron optics enable more detailed study of new materials
Tue, 08/23/2011 - 14:39
Scientists can now look deeper into new materials to study their structure and behavior, thanks to work by an international group of researchers led by University of California, Davis, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). The…