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Two men in lab coats with the one in the foreground holding a testtube

Sweet smell of sustainability: renewable sources for artificial scents

by Andy Fell
March 10, 2014

Two men and a woman posing in front of Rock Hall

Keck Foundation grant awarded to Angelique Louie

by Andy Fell
March 07, 2014

More than half of California voters vote by mail, not at the polls

by Karen Nikos-Rose
March 06, 2014

A variety of fruits and vegetables including tomatoes, onions, parsley, carrots, bell peppers

UC Davis again ranks top in the world for agriculture and forestry

by Pat Bailey
February 26, 2014

Science & Technology

Foal nuzzling mare's side

Hormone discovery resolves mystery about sustaining pregnancies

by Pat Bailey
February 25, 2014

UC Davis, Jackson biomedical lab expand collaboration

by Andy Fell
February 25, 2014

Two men squatting in a field examining something

$4 million chickpea project aims to boost nutrition and environmental sustainability

by Pat Bailey
February 24, 2014

Food & Agriculture

Mount Hood study suggests volcano eruptibility is rare

by Andy Fell
February 16, 2014

Science & Technology

Banks could learn from monkeys to avoid collapse, study suggests

by Pat Bailey
February 11, 2014

Powerful bacterial immune response defined by new study

by Pat Bailey
February 06, 2014

Two gas hoses with green handles

New technique makes "biogasoline" from plant waste

by Andy Fell
February 03, 2014

Hand holding a green blade of grass in a field of dead grass with a cow grazing in the background

California ranchers anticipate devastating drought impacts, study finds

by Pat Bailey
January 23, 2014

Food & Agriculture

Drosophila side view

New genes spring from non-coding DNA

by Andy Fell
January 23, 2014

Science & Technology

Study finds investors in U.S. oil, gas companies have not ignored science behind unburnable carbon, but considered multiple factors

by Karen Nikos-Rose
January 22, 2014

Two red hot peppers on the bush

Genome sequencing reveals what puts the ‘heat’ in hot peppers

by Pat Bailey
January 21, 2014

Grove of African baobab trees with an elephant near one

African Orphan Crops Consortium announces 100 crops for sequencing

by Pat Bailey
January 17, 2014

Food & Agriculture

Jorge Dubcovsky in a greenhouse holding wheat

Wheat geneticist Jorge Dubcovsky receives Wolf Prize in Agriculture

by Pat Bailey
January 16, 2014

Food & Agriculture

Young sturgeon fish held out of water

River water diversions threaten green sturgeon, study shows

by Pat Bailey
January 16, 2014

Environment

A juvenile snail preying on newly settled Olympia oysters. The clear oyster shells on the left have been drilled by the snail. Snails consume oysters at a faster rate under acidified conditions.

Acidification, predators pose double threat to oysters

by Andy Fell
January 15, 2014

A group of rhesus monkey mothers and their infants huddling together

Wildfire smoke exposure linked to reduced immune system, lung functions

by Andy Fell
January 09, 2014

Black and white portrait of Hamid Dabashi

‘Persian humanism’ talk at UC Davis

by Karen Nikos-Rose
January 06, 2014

Society, Arts & Culture

In surprise finding, blood clots absorb bacterial toxin

by Andy Fell
December 09, 2013

Photo: Portrait of John D. Goodman

California companies with more top women leaders associated with higher revenue and profits, UC Davis study says

by Karen Nikos-Rose
December 06, 2013

Photo: close-up of the spotted wing drosophila fly

International fruit pest targeted by genomic research

by Pat Bailey
December 03, 2013

Photo: mosquito drawing blood from human skin

Malaria mosquito groups surprisingly do mix and match, new study finds

by Pat Bailey
November 26, 2013

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