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Outdoors in front of a grassy hill stands Professor Isabel Montañez, smiling towards the camera. She is wearing glasses, a blue button-up shirt with white undershirt and black pants.

Among the Academies: Forecasting Earth’s Response

by José Vadi
February 18, 2025

Black and white spotted Holstein calf feeds from a bottle of colostrum milk. UC Davis researchers have found that acidification of waste milk can kill H5N1, the virus that causes bird flu. (Richard Van Vleck Pereira/UC Davis)

Killing H5N1 in Waste Milk — An Alternative To Pasteurization

by Amy Quinton
February 13, 2025

a cyclist in black tee and tan jacket, a man in orange parka and scooter and cyclist in helmet ride around a traffic circle with red Unitrans bus and cars in background

Energy and Transportation Experts

by Kat Kerlin
February 07, 2025

A delicate network of white, blue and red tendrils against a black background.

UC Davis Researchers Achieve Total Synthesis of Ibogaine

by Greg Watry
February 06, 2025

Farmers in Malagasy sit on each side of a rectangular table lined with a quilted tablecloth playing a game on digital tablets

Vanilla Farmers Search for a Crop and Conservation Sweet Spot

by Kat Kerlin
February 06, 2025

Four red/purple irregular blobs with spiky surfaces against a black background.

Outside-In Signaling Shows a Route Into Cancer Cells

by Andy Fell
February 04, 2025

Two students, one dressed in black and one dressed in purple talking in front of an image of medical devices on a screen

New Medical Technology Emerges From Quarter at Aggie Square Program

by Ginger Welsh
February 04, 2025

Clear Lake with bushes framing foreground

Clear Lake Water Quality Report Recommends Rehabilitation Strategy

by Cara Hollis
January 29, 2025

Couple having ice cream cones at park

Men and Women Equally Attracted to Younger Partners, UC Davis Study Suggests

by Karen Nikos-Rose
January 27, 2025

UC Davis researchers photographed from above a creek conduct a stream survey in the water wearing bright orange vests

How Urban Streams, Climate Change and Unhoused People Intertwine

by Kat Kerlin
January 27, 2025

Coyote on grassy field shown from behind looking down over city of San Francisco

Dining Out with San Francisco’s Coyotes

by Kat Kerlin
January 22, 2025

A quail walks among rows of kale seedlings

Little Birds, Little Poops, Little Food Safety Risk

by Kat Kerlin
January 21, 2025

Emily Longman in mauve jacket puts two hands on a rock holding a mussel bed community next to a white PVC tube grid while and Sarah Merolla in blue jacket and backpack stands next to her.

Mussel Bed Surveyed Before World War II Still Thriving

by Kat Kerlin
January 16, 2025

An African straw-colored fruit bat hangs upside down from a tree branch.

The Hunt Narrows for Ebolavirus Hosts

by Kat Kerlin
January 15, 2025

Sunlight shines over the helmet of a woman in firefighting yellow shirt amid smoky woods during a prescribed burn

Wildfire, Smoke and Air Quality Experts

by Kat Kerlin
January 15, 2025