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Engineers Create Mini Microscope for Real-Time Brain Imaging

UC Davis researchers have created a miniaturized microscope for real-time, high-resolution imaging of brain activity in mice. The device is a significant step toward revolutionizing how neuroscientists study behavior and perception in the brain.

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Total-Body PET Imaging Takes a Look at Long COVID

Using total-body PET imaging to get a better understanding of long COVID disease is the goal of a new project at the University of California, Davis, in collaboration with UC San Francisco. The project is funded by a grant of $3.2 million over four years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.

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Big Help or Big Brother? UC Davis Study Reveals Alarming Browser Tracking

A new UC Davis-led study reveals that GenAI browser assistants collect and share sensitive data without users’ knowledge, calling for stronger safeguards, transparency and awareness to protect user privacy online.


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Thrilling Progress in Brain-Computer Interfaces from UC Labs
Tyler Singer-Clark, a Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering, shone a spotlight on twenty years of UC Davis research to restore speech to those with paralysis. He also discussed his work to enable control of a computer mouse with the same brain-computer interface. “Users don’t have to choose between speech or computer control,” he said.
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Ahmet Palazoglu Named UC Systemwide Academic Senate Chair
The Distinguished Professor of chemical engineering will provide direction for the 2025-26 academic year. Palazoglu has held several systemwide and campus-wide leadership roles, including chair of the UC Davis Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and vice chair and chair of the UC Davis division of the Academic Senate.
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Researchers Find Harmful Chemicals in LA Fire Cleanup Zones
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Michael Kleeman led a study, currently under peer review, that detected elevated levels of hexavalent chromium and silver in air samples collected from debris cleanup zones for the Eaton and Palisades wildfires. The findings are part of the 10-year, multi-institutional LA Fire HEALTH Study.

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