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Disconnected Salmon: Catching a Ride Over Dams

Wild salmon, historically, are born in rivers, swim to sea to live out their adulthoods, and find their way back to their freshwater spawning grounds to reproduce before dying. But dams and other ...
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Children with Rare, Debilitating Brain Diseases Suffer From Mutations in a Little-Known Protein Complex

Work by Jawdat Al-Bassam, left, associate professor of molecular and cellular biology at UC Davis and his former student Aryan Taheri (right), now pursuing a Ph.D. at UC Berkeley, has uncovered the ...
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What Molting Hawks Can Teach Researchers About Resilient Flight

UC Davis researchers found that red-tailed hawks adjust their wing and tail movements during molt to maintain flight ...
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Loneliness Drives Cognitive Impairment, Can Lead to Shorter Life, Study Suggests

Some people might not mind spending time alone, but new research with data from 18 countries suggests that older people who ...
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Wheat That Makes Its Own Fertilizer

UC Davis scientists have developed wheat plants that can stimulate the production of their own fertilizer. (Getty) Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have developed wheat plants that ...
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Managed Wetlands a Culinary Hot Spot for SF Bay Fish, But They Need Delivery Options

Lynette Williams-Duman of UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences throws a zooplankton tow-net in Grizzly King, a 175-acre managed wetland in Suisun Marsh. (Alice Tung / UC Davis) California’s Bay Area ...
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UC Davis in Top 10 of Nation’s Public Universities for 4th Year

Students in Introduction to Metals weld at the Western Agricultural Equipment Center at UC Davis. The course is offered through the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, tied for No.
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Helping Beekeepers Fight Mites Through More Effective Treatments

UC Davis Assistant Professor Sascha Nicklisch, left, and USDA-ARS research entomologist Julia Fine stand with bee hives. The duo partnered to investigate a treatment that targets varroa mites without ...
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Manetti Shrem Museum’s 10th Year Will Focus on Expanding Access to World-Class Art

The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at University of California, Davis, will celebrate its 10th anniversary ...
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Summer ’26: What’s Open, What’s Closed

For those sticking around Davis this summer, here’s your guide to what’s open and closed. Several locations across campus ...
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The Color Lab Uncovers the Soothing Effects of Light

Veronica Then wore an electroencephalogram, or EEG, cap and stood in front of a black curtain with a white square placed behind her like a target. Studio lights beamed down from the ceiling as a panel ...
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Making Prosthetics More Lifelike

David Brockman, a retired CalFire captain and avid outdoorsman, built a deck in the backyard of his home last year, without the use of his dominant right hand, which he lost in an accident. The ...