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As winter approaches, many species of animals — from bears and squirrels to parasitic wasps and a few lucky humans — hunker down for some needed rest. The northern star coral (Astrangia poculata) also enters a hibernating state of…

The city of Davis, Yolo County and UC Davis have partnered to create Hate-Free Together, a communitywide framework to combat the recent string of local hate incidents and prioritize the well-being and safety of all residents.Officials…

Two-dose vaccines provide protection against lung disease in rhesus macaques one year after they were vaccinated as infants, a new study shows. The work, published in Science Translational Medicine Dec. 1, is a follow-up to a 2021…

UC Davis Health today (Dec. 5) welcomed patients to its new, state-of-the-art Ernest E. Tschannen Eye Institute Building. The innovative facility is dedicated to advancing world-class eye care and offering hope for sight restoration…

People are increasingly trying to grow both food and clean energy on the same land to help meet the challenges of climate change, drought and a growing global population that just topped 8 billion. This effort includes agrivoltaics, in…

Asolution to world hunger might start with boba and caviar.Using an innovative process, engineers at UC Davis are growing “myco-foods” — small balls of edible fungi that can be processed into products like boba and lab-grown caviar with a…

Two UC Davis faculty members are among the National Academy of Inventors’ 2022 class of fellows, as announced by the academy today (Dec. 8)."National Academy of Inventors Fellow" medal, goldThose elected from UC Davis are Nancy E. Lane of…

For people living with HIV, sticking to a prescribed medication regimen is a critical part of staying healthy. However, having to deal with the side effects caused by those medications —nausea and dizziness among them — can lead people to…

Thirty-nine UCLA faculty members were named among world’s most influential researchers in the sciences and social sciences today.The Highly Cited Researchers list, compiled annually by analytics firm Clarivate, identifies scholars whose…

A study published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research shows that the economic effects of COVID-19 increased the risk for poor mental health among California adults.The research, which draws data from the 2020 California…