Beyond the Bottle

UC Davis is a hub for breast milk science and innovation

As a chemist of food science, J. Bruce German was accustomed to observing the tiniest things: protein particles, bacteria, mucin layers and much more invisible to the naked eye. But nothing prepared him for his first experience in the neonatal intensive care unit at UC Davis.

Dec 4, 2023 Russell Nichols

Fondly Remembering the Good Ol’ Days

It was the age of the milkman, the gas attendant and free paper bags. Comstock’s president and publisher reminisces about a simpler time before all the automation. 

Dec 1, 2023 Winnie Comstock-Carlson

Protectors of an Honored Heritage

How Indigenous tribes are using business revenues to maintain and celebrate their cultures

“When you talk about business, ours has allowed us to bring our culture back,” Tayaba notes. “Building our dance arbor, having our ceremonies — obtaining eagle feathers, abalone, clam shells, pine nuts, items that aren’t easily foraged today — it all costs money. Now we hold workshops, classes, dance practices. We’re trying to rebirth weavers, because our grandmothers were weavers.”

Nov 20, 2023 Scott Thomas Anderson

California State Scientists Strike, Demand Equal Pay

CalMatters: Hundreds of scientists working for the state of California to protect water supplies, respond to oil spills, study wildlife and track foodborne outbreaks marched in Sacramento Nov. 15 in what’s being called the first-ever strike by state civil servants. 

Nov 17, 2023 Rachel Becker, CalMatters