California shellfish farmers adapt to climate change
Because of their proximity to the ocean, Californians get to enjoy locally-sourced oysters, mussels, abalone and clams. Most of the ...
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Conservationists find high DDT and PCB contamination risk for critically endangered California coastal condors
A new study has found contaminants that were banned decades ago are still imperiling critically endangered California condors. The condors ...
Many historically “redlined” California communities have higher COVID-19 incidence and mortality
Session: C14 – Burnout, Disparities, and Outcomes of the COVID-19 Pandemic Date and Time: 10 a.m. PT, May 17, 2022 ...
How a bot beamed from California to Japan may prevent cancer patients from losing their breasts unnecessarily
Too many women are getting unnecessary mastectomies and other invasive procedures because of a knowledge gap about differences in cancer ...
SynGAP Research Fund (SRF) announces $128,000 grant for stem cell gene therapy translational research to Dr. Joe Anderson of the University of California, Davis
Could a bone marrow transplant, including modified stem cells, provide a one-time treatment for SYNGAP1? Credit: Syngap Research Fund Could ...
Estimated public health impact of COVID-19 vaccination in California
About The Study: This modeling study estimates that COVID-19 vaccination in California prevented more than 1.5 million COVID-19 cases, 72,000 ...
After wildfires, California communities struggle with budgets
California is a wildfire hot spot: each year, homes, businesses, and ecosystems are destroyed by fires exacerbated by climate change. ...
Rate of COVID-19 vaccination among workers in California State prisons
What The Study Did: This study found that the rate of COVID-19 vaccination among 31,000 California state prison staff for ...
Sharp decline in basking shark sightings in California
About the size of a small school bus, the basking shark is the second largest fish in the ocean and ...
The frogs of Baja California
There’s a pandemic sweeping across the globe. No, not COVID, a different one. For decades, a brutal fungal infection has ...
Latino smokers in California on Medi-Cal still not getting help needed to quit
Credit: Cindy Valencia A team of researchers with the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center found that even with ...
California Academy of Sciences receives largest private collection of Western aquatic invertebrates
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 18, 2022) — The California Academy of Sciences announced the Larry E. Serpa Western North America ...
New research sheds light on COVID-19 vaccine inequities in California
As the pandemic stretches into its third year, people around the globe have benefitted from cutting-edge vaccines that have prevented ...
California spotted owls benefit from forest restoration
This finding is showcased in “Forest restoration limits megafires and supports species conservation under climate change,” a new research publication ...
California Academy of Sciences researchers describe 70 new species in 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (December 16, 2021) — In 2021, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 70 new plant ...
California and Scottish leaders convene during COP26 to discuss optical sensor network to reduce emissions and improve air quality
GLASGOW, Scotland – Senior governmental officials from Scotland and California met today during COP26 to discuss how optical greenhouse-gas-monitoring instruments ...
Mapping annual wildfire probabilities across California
Researchers have uncovered new insights into the dynamics that underlie the probabilities of wildfire across the state of California. Isaac ...
California Academy of Sciences abuzz with grant to digitize and democratize bee collection
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 28, 2021) — The California Academy of Sciences has been awarded a $255,400 grant to generate ...
The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) launches Quantum Biology Center at UCLA
At the smallest of scales, the laws of physics as proposed by Sir Isaac Newton famously break down. Pairs of ...