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CERN hadron collider

Students Build, Install Dark Matter Detector at CERN

by Greg Watry
May 01, 2024

Estella Atekwana portrait, on deck of Social Sciences and Humanities Building

Estella Atekwana Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

by Greg Watry
April 29, 2024

Yellow and green structures in the center of a yellow cup with black and green lines radiating from the center.

How Plants Sense Scent

by Liana Wait
April 25, 2024

A black and white monkey on all fours holding a large nut or fruit against a background of tropical foliage.

Monkeys' Stone Tool Use Gives Insight into Archaeology

by Greg Watry and Andy Fell
April 19, 2024

Combined photos of 10 people

10 Elected as AAAS Fellows

by Andy Fell
April 18, 2024

Abstract image of a transparent globe hovering over an open hand against a blue background.

How Autocrats Control Internet Traffic Out of Sight

by Andy Fell
April 10, 2024

An astronaut making a spacewalk outside a space station.

Wearable Technology Takes Center Stage at UC Davis

by Greg Watry
March 26, 2024

Man and woman in embrace

Research Highlights Importance of Support Reciprocity During Early-Stage Dementia Care

by Tiffany Dobbyn
March 22, 2024

Two rows of four squares each containing a fuzzy blob. The top row is colored blue and the bottom row is colored orange.

Physicists Expand Equation of State for Fermi-Hubbard Model

by Greg Watry
March 15, 2024

Graphic depicting fairness in AI systems. Center of the image is a scale of justice.

Unravelling AI Bias to Build Fair and Trustworthy Algorithms

by Jessica Heath
March 08, 2024

Artistic rendering of two whales against a white background. The blue whale in the background is larger. At right is a silhouette of a scuba diver to scale.

Slimming Down a Colossal Fossil Whale

by Andy Fell
February 29, 2024

Woman in background of office space with objects in front

UC Davis Historian’s Research of Child Murder in Early Modern Europe Featured in Period Film

by Karen Nikos-Rose
February 16, 2024

Aerial view of the head of a whale breaching the ocean surface, surrounded by bubbles.

Hydrophone Array Enables First 3D Recordings of Whale Songs

by Greg Watry
February 08, 2024

Five people stand outside looking up towards the camera. In the front row are two women, each with a hawk on their left hand.

UC Davis Establishes Bird Flight Research Center

by Jessica Heath
February 01, 2024

Young woman looking dejected

When Some Adolescent Girls Internalize Rejection, It Really Is in Their Head

by Alex Russell
January 23, 2024

Man stands in the back of a historic restaurant

Chicago Cafe: California’s Oldest Chinese Restaurant

by Carla Meyer
January 22, 2024

A beetle eats a green leaf from the edge.

For This Beetle, ‘Date Night’ Comes Every Other Day

by Andy Fell
January 18, 2024

Squiggly black lines, outlined with color, against a white background.

Ultrafast Laser Pulses Could Lessen Data Storage Energy Needs

by Jessica Heath
January 16, 2024

Model of a molecue made up of green and grey spheres. A blue stick-like structure rests in a groove at the top.

Researchers Step Closer to Mimicking Nature’s Mastery of Chemistry

by Greg Watry
January 10, 2024

Blue lake with mountains and sky in background

Rise of Archery in Andes Mountains Dated to 5,000 Years Ago — Earlier Than Previous Research

by Greg Watry
December 20, 2023

Head and front flippers of a whale out of the water

Whale-SETI: Humpback Whale Encounter Reveals Potential for Non-Human Intelligence Communication

by SETI Institute
December 13, 2023

Person with hands on computer

YouTube Video Recommendations Lead to More Extremist Content for Right-Leaning Users, Researchers Suggest

by Alex Russell
December 13, 2023

Colorful, bristled worm-like animal among brightly colored coral.

Molecular Fossils Shed Light on Ancient Life

by Andy Fell
December 07, 2023

A white man in a blue check shirt stands in front of water tanks against a white wall.

Renowned Marine Ecologist Jay Stachowicz Wins Teaching Prize

by Kate Washington
December 05, 2023

Artistic rendering of a human brain inside a translucent head.

Higher Conscientiousness Linked to Less Risk of Dementia Diagnosis

by Andy Fell
November 29, 2023

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