Research news

• 6.8.11 — Building a green lab

  University of California Research: Making research labs more sustainable can help UC campuses to cut energy use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• 6.8.11 — Green crusader

  University of California Research: A lab researcher's campaign to reuse, recycle and reduce draws national acclaim.

• 2.17.11 — Energy experts to help U.S. Navy get greener

  UC Davis today agreed to help the U.S. Navy find new ways to use less energy and to derive more of the energy it does use from renewable sources such as the sun and wind, instead of oil and coal.

• 2.14.11 — AAAS conference: Greenhouse gases, agricultural nitrogen, making energy from manure & more

  UC Davis researchers will present these findings at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

• 2.3.11 — New approach to solar cells

  An interdisciplinary team of UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz researchers is taking a novel approach to solar power, one that promises to lead to a technological breakthrough.

• 1.28.11 — UC Davis toasts new sustainable winery, brewery and foods complex

  UC Davis officially opened the doors today to the world’s most environmentally sophisticated facility for making wine, brewing beer and processing foods.

• 1.24.11 — Study finds greenhouse gas emissions can hurt companies' stock value

  How much greenhouse gas a company produces has a significant effect on the value of the company's stock, according to a new study.

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  1.20.11 — Study shows plants moved downhill, not up, in warming world

  A UC Davis researcher and co-authors challenge a widely held assumption that plants will move uphill in response to warmer temperatures.

• 1.19.11 — Plastic bags, no, reusable bags, yes — and they are designer bags!

  A tornado of plastic bags has touched down in the Design Museum, as part of the installation titled BAG (Bags Across the Globe): Designing to Reduce Waste, scheduled to run through March 11.

• 12.23.10 — New winery, brewery and foods facility certified LEED Platinum

  UC Davis’ new complex this week received the highest environmental rating awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council, making it the first LEED Platinum winery, brewery or food-processing facility in the world.