Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 13th of November.
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🎓 Education
Researchers at UC Davis showed that mutations occur 4.5 times more in skin cells than in cells that make seeds in plants.
The study on potato varieties grown over decades explains how plants keep their offspring's DNA safe while still adapting to their environment—findings that could help improve crop breeding.
At a reception on Nov.
5 at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, UC Davis welcomed nine new assistant professors into its CAMPOS—center for advancing multicultural perspectives in science and engineering—and CAMPSSAH—center for advancing multicultural perspectives in social sciences, arts and humanities—programs. The new faculty received plaques as they joined efforts to boost inclusive excellence on campus.
🌲 Environment
Engineers at UC Davis invented a device that uses a small temperature difference between the warm ground and the cold of space to generate mechanical power at night.
Described Nov 12 in Science Advances, the Stirling engine produced 400 milliwatts per square meter in year-long tests—offering a potential way to ventilate greenhouses and buildings.
A study published in Science Advances by UCLA and UC Davis researchers on Nov.
12 found that every inch drop in annual rainfall increased wildlife conflicts by 2—3% as drought drives carnivores like bobcats, coyotes, mountain lions, and black bears closer to homes. The research analyzed seven years of data from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and suggests that designing climate-resilient landscapes may reduce human—wildlife conflicts.
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