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Photo: a freeway full of traffic

New center to prepare national transportation for extreme weather, climate change

by Kat Kerlin
September 24, 2013

Bottle of wine on its side with a glass of red wine, grapes in the background

Wine leaders enthusiastic about industry future

by Pat Bailey
September 23, 2013

Baby breastfeeding

Breastfeeding fraught with early challenges for most first-time mothers

by Pat Bailey
September 23, 2013

Human & Animal Health

UC Davis receives major gift to advance science that addresses California water problems

by Kat Kerlin
September 19, 2013

A glass of liquor and a bottle of liquor

Fingerprinting America’s whiskeys may help speed processing, prevent fraud

by Pat Bailey
September 11, 2013

Food & Agriculture

Row crops, including lettuce in a field

Policies worry farmers more than climate change, says new study

by Kat Kerlin
September 10, 2013

Army grants $12.5 million for complexity, networks research

by Andy Fell
September 09, 2013

Photo of four derricks pumping oil

New tool pinpoints oil reserves

by Kat Kerlin
September 05, 2013

Science & Technology

Landscape view of the snow-covered European alps

Soot suspect in mid-1800s Alps glacier retreat

by Kat Kerlin
September 03, 2013

Environment

Photo: View of the Grand Canyon showing a cloud-covered sky

Program to improve air quality within national parks, South Korea

by Kat Kerlin
August 28, 2013

Excitatory (E) neurons hold the memory. If their activity begins to slip, fast negative feedback (red) mediated by inhibitory (I) neurons can correct this slip before slower positive feedback loops (blue) bring the circuit back into balance.

Negative feedback stabilizes memories

by Andy Fell
August 27, 2013

Salt intake is controlled by networks in the brain and not by the salt in one's food.

Salt intake physiologically set in humans, new study finds

by Pat Bailey
August 26, 2013

Woman and man on rocky seashore examining something

Institute to usher in new era of marine sciences at UC Davis

by Kat Kerlin
August 22, 2013

Main mass of rare meteorite preserved for present and future scientists

by Kat Kerlin
August 21, 2013

The research team succeeded in cloning the Sr33 gene, known to exist in Aegilops tauschii, a wild relative of common bread wheat.

UC Davis scientists help deliver genetic one-two blow to deadly wheat disease

by Pat Bailey
August 19, 2013

Identification of new cattle virus will help rule out mad cow disease

by Pat Bailey
August 13, 2013

Baby nesting song sparrow stitting on a human hand

Age matters for song sparrows and climate change

by Kat Kerlin
August 12, 2013

Rhesus monkey infant with mother

Formula-fed babies may be more susceptible to chronic disease,
study finds

by Pat Bailey
August 08, 2013

Lake Tahoe’s annual health report: clarity, climate and new technologies (WITH VIDEO)

by Kat Kerlin
August 07, 2013

Photo: medfly on fruit surface

Medfly and other fruit flies entrenched in California, study concludes

by Pat Bailey
August 06, 2013

A midsummer day’s read: UC Davis literature offers insight into nut bread, climate change, adolescent boys and more

by Karen Nikos-Rose
August 01, 2013

Field of drooping purple plants

Gene sequencing targets witchweed and other destructive parasitic plants

by Pat Bailey
July 31, 2013

Woman in marine laboratory looks at young white abalone attached to piece of dulse

Endangered White Abalone Find Matchmaker in UC Davis Breeding Program

by Kat Kerlin
July 24, 2013

Photo of professional cyclists in a pack close up

Cyclists in Tour de France dope because of high pressure to perform

by Karen Nikos-Rose
July 23, 2013

Photo: foot stepping on a scale

New herbal supplement helps slim and trim without side effects, studies show

by Pat Bailey
July 23, 2013

Human & Animal Health

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