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UC Davis MIND Institute receives ACE Grant

September 28, 2017

MIND Institute awarded $12 million over 5 years to fund autism research The UC Davis MIND Institute has been awarded one of five Autism Center...

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Guest: The tech industry needs to be more welcoming to women

August 29, 2017

How the gender imbalance in tech hurts women and innovation As a woman, I’ve met countless surprised expressions waiting outside my computer science classes after...

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First step to recognizing pain in horses

August 17, 2017

Researchers aren’t horsing around with program to detect equine facial keypoints As technology advances to make life more comfortable for humans, the need for developments...

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Magma reservoirs more similar to snow cone than vat of boiling lava

July 30, 2017

New tools allow for accurate analyses of subsurface systems Kari Cooper, a professor in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department at UC Davis, is researching...

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What they don’t tell us: the complexities of pig behavior

July 17, 2017

UC Davis researcher studies ways to improve pig welfare through personality typing Kristina Horback, an assistant professor in the Animal Science Department, is researching psychology...

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Bacteria and Yeast Diversity in Flower Nectar Can Increase with Greater Dispersal

July 10, 2017

Research from UC Davis scientist challenges a traditional ecology theory A recent study published in Ecology Letters and led in part by UC Davis entomology...

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New strains of mosquitoes to fight malaria in Africa

June 12, 2017

Scientists hope to control spread of illness with genetically modified mosquitoes resistant to malaria parasite, use of CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool Malaria is responsible for about...

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Call to action: widespread toxic exposures contribute to developmental disorders

June 12, 2017

Scientific, medical experts come together to advocate for action, policy change Significant scientific evidence links exposure to toxic environmental chemicals to neurodevelopmental disorders such as...

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Home remodel leads to mummy discovery

June 11, 2017

Home remodeling project in San Francisco leads to study of a mummified child In a strange twist of events, a seemingly normal home remodeling project...

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Synestia: more than a “hot space donut”

June 11, 2017

New planetary object rocks canonical Earth-moon theory The giant-impact hypothesis is the most popular in explaining the moon’s origins and matches up with the prominent...

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Increased SJA allegations in Computer Science Department

June 8, 2017

Computer Science Department experiences rise in academic dishonesty complaints There has been a remarkable surge in attraction toward the computer science (CS) major over recent...

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Baboons use clues in their social neighborhoods to organize

June 8, 2017

Simple social rules help predict where wild baboons will position in groups New research on the spatial organization of baboons was recently published in the...

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A second wind for desert tortoises

June 6, 2017

Design of wind energy facilities impacts predators, prey Although habitat disturbance is hardly ever viewed as favorable for wildlife, the presence of wind turbines can...

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California salmon threatened by changing climates

June 6, 2017

Population diversity key to salmon resiliency A recent report commissioned by California Trout — a San Francisco-based nonprofit — and completed by UC Davis reviewed...

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Rising prevalence of Autism in U.S. linked to environmental factors

May 22, 2017

UC Davis Center for Children’s Environmental Health and Disease, researches impact of genes, environment on developmental disorders More people than ever are being diagnosed with...

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