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An internal circadian clock controls the distinctive concentric rings of flowering in sunflowers, maximizing visits from pollinators, a new study from plant biologists at the University of California, Davis, shows. The work is published…

Two UC funding programs recently awarded nearly $17 million to 29 multicampus, multidisciplinary projects, eight of them with UC Davis researchers as the lead principal investigators.The bulk of the money, $16.4 million, went to…

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Mary Croughan announced today the appointment of Michael Bradford as vice provost and dean of Undergraduate Education. He joins UC Davis from the University of Connecticut, where he has served as the…

With a pilot program in the nation’s busiest port complex, researchers from UCLA, UC Santa Cruz and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles have created a way for non-scientists to use a complex DNA test to help track fish and other…

It seems logical enough that bad weather can sometimes cause birds to become disoriented during their annual fall migrations — causing them to wind up in territory they’re unaccustomed to. But why, even when weather is not a major factor,…

In 1968, jazz icon Dave Brubeck surveyed a broken America and lamented the fractured race relations that had been laid bare by the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. So, Brubeck did what artists do.He created a work of art.Brubeck…

The University of California libraries — which comprise the largest university research library in the world — are launching a landmark research project to investigate the potential for expanded lawful use of digitized books held by…

An international team has succeeded in propagating a commercial hybrid rice strain as a clone through seeds with 95% efficiency. This could lower the cost of hybrid rice seed, making high-yielding, disease resistant rice strains available…

The UC Davis School of Law will host its fourth annual MLK Day of Service and Celebration, this coming Monday (Jan. 16), honoring the late Martin Luther King Jr. on his holiday. The law school’s home, King Hall, is named after the slain…

Life turned remote during the COVID-19 pandemic. People worked, learned to cook, chatted with loved ones and completed countless other tasks via video.Some cats even visited the virtual veterinarian as part of research out of University…