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9.29.2009
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Food Scarcity and Prices Likely to Rise Without Infusion of Ag Research Dollars, Economists Predict
Food around the world is likely to become scarcer and more expensive if the United States and other developing countries don’t bolster their investment in agricultural research, warns a team ... [ More ]
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9.29.2009
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AC Efficiency Technology Licensed
The University of California has licensed evaporative air-conditioning technology invented at UC Davis to Octus Energy of Davis. The license provides Octus with exclusive patent rights to the ... [ More ]
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9.29.2009
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Novel Chemistry for Ethylene and Tin
New work by chemists at UC Davis shows that ethylene, a gas that is important both as a hormone that controls fruit ripening and as a raw material in industrial chemistry, can bind reversibly to tin ... [ More ]
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9.29.2009
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Explore the Emergent Universe
Ranging from slime molds to quantum matter to Alzheimer's disease, a new online exhibit opening Oct. 1 aims to encourage young people to learn about "emergence," complex behaviors that ... [ More ]
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9.29.2009
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Blogging From Antarctica
UC Davis geology professor Dawn Sumner and postdoctoral scholar Bekah Shepard leave Davis this week for Antarctica. They will spend seven weeks camped by a frozen lake in one of the continent's dry ... [ More ]
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9.28.2009
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UC Davis School of Law Expands Support for Students Pursuing Public-Interest Law
The UC Davis School of Law is expanding a groundbreaking program to ease the debt burden of graduates whose passion for public interest law leads them to lower-paying jobs.
The law school's Loan ... [ More ]
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9.22.2009
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New Chancellor Holds First Fall Convocation
Linda Katehi will host her first Fall Convocation as chancellor of UC Davis on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts on campus.
The theme of the ... [ More ]
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9.22.2009
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Unitrans Offers Real-Time Information About Buses
Users of the Unitrans bus system serving UC Davis and the city of Davis can now receive real-time information on the location of buses and their estimated arrival time at each bus stop.
The ... [ More ]
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9.22.2009
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Flu Shot 'Where It's At,' Says UC Davis Student
UC Davis students are showing off a new status symbol as the campus gears up for the start of classes: a small bandage over the spot of their seasonal flu vaccination.
"This is where it's ... [ More ]
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9.18.2009
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Computational Pioneer Berni Alder Receives National Medal of Science
Computational pioneer Berni Alder, a retired physicist from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and professor emeritus in the Department of Applied Science at the University of California, ... [ More ]
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9.18.2009
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Bugs in Boxes Shed Light on Biological Invasions
Bugs in boxes are helping UC Davis researcher Alan Hastings improve scientific tools used to predict the spread of invasive plants and animals.
In today's edition of the journal Science, Hastings ... [ More ]
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9.17.2009
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Electrical Fields Don’t Always Increase Droplets’ Urge to Merge, Study Finds
Whether gazing into lava lamps or watching balsamic vinegar splash onto a plate of trendy olive oil, people have long been transfixed by the seemingly mystical way that droplets of one liquid find ... [ More ]
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9.15.2009
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AIDS Event to Mark Quarter Century of California Research Contributions
More than 300 scientists, health care professionals and students are expected to gather Friday, Sept. 25, at the University of California, Davis, to commemorate the significant role that California ... [ More ]
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9.14.2009
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$1.2M for Exploration of Nuclear Reactor Fuels
The search for more efficient fuels for nuclear reactors has received a nearly $1.2 million boost in the form of a U.S. Department of Energy grant to a research team headed by a UC Davis physics ... [ More ]
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9.14.2009
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Gut Ecology in Transplant Patients
Small-bowel transplant patients with an ileostomy -- an opening into their small bowel -- have a very different population of bacteria living in their gut than patients whose ileostomy has been ... [ More ]
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9.10.2009
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Eye Movements Give Away Memories
Your eye movements can show that the elements of a memory are in place even when you cannot consciously recall it or when you get it wrong, according to a new study from the UC Davis Center for ... [ More ]
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9.8.2009
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UC Launches New Research Center to Study Health of Migrating People
Intent on improving the health conditions of migrating people in California and around the world, the University of California’s Berkeley and Davis campuses are joining forces to launch a new ... [ More ]
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