Advancing Health Worldwide Content / Advancing Health Worldwide Content for UC Davis en The Secret to Happiness Lies Within You, Or Society — Or Both /news/secret-happiness-lies-within-you-or-society-or-both <p>What is the secret to happiness? Does happiness come from within, or is it shaped by external influences such as our jobs, health, relationships and material circumstances? A new study published in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-025-02171-z">Nature Human Behaviour</a> shows that happiness can come from either within or from external influences, from both, or neither — and which is true differs across people.</p> May 02, 2025 - 10:16am Andy Fell /news/secret-happiness-lies-within-you-or-society-or-both How Aggie Square Is Advancing Innovation in Sacramento /curiosity/news/how-aggie-square-is-advancing-innovation Learn how UC Davis’ Aggie Square is solving pressing challenges through collaborative research and cutting-edge technology. April 29, 2025 - 8:45am Jocelyn C Anderson /curiosity/news/how-aggie-square-is-advancing-innovation New Two-photon Microscopy System Aims to See Into 'Impossible' Spaces /blog/new-two-photon-microscopy-system-aims-see-impossible-spaces <div><p><span lang="EN">Researchers at UC Davis have developed a fast and cost-effective two-photon microscopy system capable of imaging depths previously impossible to reach in scattering tissues, such as bone and the brain.</span></p></div> April 28, 2025 - 3:20pm Andy Fell /blog/new-two-photon-microscopy-system-aims-see-impossible-spaces Combining Signals Could Make for Better Control of Prosthetics /blog/combining-signals-could-make-better-control-prosthetics <p>Combining two different kinds of signals could help engineers build prosthetic limbs that better reproduce natural movements, according to a new study from the 91Porn, Davis. The work, <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0321319">published April 10 in PLOS One</a>, shows that a combination of electromyography and force myography is more accurate at predicting hand movements than either method by itself.</p> April 23, 2025 - 2:17pm Andy Fell /blog/combining-signals-could-make-better-control-prosthetics Avian Influenza Major Setback for Patagonian Seals /climate/blog/avian-influenza-major-setback-patagonian-seal-population <p><span>It may take 100 years for the southern elephant seal colony of Península Valdés in Argentine Patagonia to look like it did in 2022. A </span><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70009"><span>study published in </span><em><span>Marine Mammal Science</span></em></a><span>&nbsp;projected population trajectories after the 2023 epidemic of the High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza H5N1 virus, which killed almost all newborn pups and an unknown number of adults.&nbsp;</span></p> April 16, 2025 - 3:33pm Katherine E Kerlin /climate/blog/avian-influenza-major-setback-patagonian-seal-population Researchers Develop an LSD Analogue with Potential for Treating Schizophrenia /news/researchers-develop-lsd-analogue-potential-treating-schizophrenia <p><span>91Porn, Davis, researchers have developed a new, neuroplasticity-promoting drug closely related to LSD that harnesses the psychedelic’s therapeutic power with reduced hallucinogenic potential.</span></p> April 14, 2025 - 12:07pm Andy Fell /news/researchers-develop-lsd-analogue-potential-treating-schizophrenia The Gut Health Benefits of Sauerkraut /food/news/gut-health-benefits-sauerkraut A new UC Davis study suggests that sauerkraut could help protect your gut, an essential part of overall health. April 14, 2025 - 9:00am Amy M Quinton /food/news/gut-health-benefits-sauerkraut Dogs Could Help Predict Valley Fever Spread in Humans /health/news/dogs-could-help-predict-valley-fever-spread-humans Dogs could help predict valley fever spread in humans. A new UC Davis study finds a correlation between occurrence of dog and human disease. April 10, 2025 - 6:06am Amy M Quinton /health/news/dogs-could-help-predict-valley-fever-spread-humans The Rise of Pseudocannabinoids /blog/rise-pseudocannabinoids <p>Developing pseudocannabinoids, synthetic molecules that mimic the activity of molecules found in cannabis plants, is the goal of research by Professor Mark Mascal in the UC Davis Department of Chemistry. Mascal recently received a $30,000, one-year seed grant, the <a href="https://chemistry.ucdavis.edu/donors">Dr. Mohsen Najafi Research Award in Medicinal Chemistry</a>, to advance his work.&nbsp;</p> April 02, 2025 - 11:07am Andy Fell /blog/rise-pseudocannabinoids Holographic 3D Printing With Soundwaves /blog/holographic-3d-printing-soundwaves <p dir="ltr"><span>In an operating room, doctors and technicians work on repairing a broken bone. There are no scalpels, no incisions — the skin is not broken.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>No, this is not science fiction, but a potential application of a groundbreaking 3D printing method developed by&nbsp;</span><a href="https://engineering.ucdavis.edu/people/mohsen-habibi"><span>Mohsen Habibi</span></a><span>, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the 91Porn, Davis.</span></p> March 26, 2025 - 2:50pm Andy Fell /blog/holographic-3d-printing-soundwaves