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A woman with dark hair wearing a white lab coat and dark wraparound eyeglasses leans over technical equipment on a lab workbench.

New Two-photon Microscopy System Aims to See Into 'Impossible' Spaces

by Matt Marcure
April 28, 2025

A young man in a white t-shirt sits at a desk and flexes his forearm, which has a band around it. On the desk is a robotic arm and a computer monitor.

Combining Signals Could Make for Better Control of Prosthetics

by Andy Fell
April 23, 2025

Head and shoulders of a man with glasses and short dark hair cradling a white and black rooster.

Map of Genetic Regulation in Chickens Could Help Fight Against Bird Flu

by Huaijun Zhou and Emily Dooley
April 09, 2025

Composite image made up of 3 rows of 3 photos. Left to right, starting from top row: Rice being loaded into an open trailer; garter snake; ducks; a seabird sitting on a straw nest; flooded rice fields at sunset; flock of birds over flooded fields; sandhill cranes; school of fish; three people walk through a field.

California Rice and Conservation

by Andy Fell
April 07, 2025

Left, a man with cropped hair and glasses wearing a grey jacket; right, a shorter woman with shoulder length brown hair, glasses and a pink jacket. They stand in front of a poster for the 25th Anniversary of the Bryan Miller Symposium with a list of sponsors.

The Rise of Pseudocannabinoids

by Greg Watry
April 02, 2025

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Play Dives into the Life of Famed Mathematician Emmy Noether

by Greg Watry
March 27, 2025

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Holographic 3D Printing With Soundwaves

by Jessica Heath
March 26, 2025

A shallow creek surrounded by trees and bushes. A half dozen young people stand in shallow water in the background.

Functional Flows and Native Fish

by Andy Fell
February 25, 2025

researcher holds mouse

NIH Renews Support for Lab Mouse Repository for Fifth Time

by Andy Fell
February 13, 2025

Colorful mats and spires underwater.

Diving in Antarctica

by Greg Watry
February 11, 2025

Foreground, a futuristic building on a rocky foundation. Background, brightly colored lines curve across a blue sky.

Tony Tyson: Sifting Through the Cosmic Noise

by Greg Watry
February 07, 2025

At left, panel shows a patch of regular white dots against a black background. Panel on right shows a zoomed in view of dots with a blurry blob at one corner.

Creating Nanoislands for Better Platinum Catalysts

by Andy Fell
January 28, 2025

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New Angle Etching Technique for Making Quantum Devices

by Matt Marcure
January 24, 2025

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Developing Molecular Windows to Advance Health

by Greg Watry
January 16, 2025

Hundreds of stars and galaxies against a black background

Is This Universe Tuned to Support Life?

by Greg Watry
January 10, 2025

A man with a long beard and plaid shirt stands behind a row of silver metal tanks joined by pipes.

A Legacy of Jimmy Carter: Craft Beer

by Andy Fell
January 06, 2025

A despondent man sits at one end of a sofa wedged in a space too narrow for it.

Solving the Moving Sofa Problem

by Andy Fell
December 13, 2024

At left, a man with short curly dark hair wearing a grey jacket looks at a device held up by a younger man wearing a dark blue hoodie and glasses.

Eye, Robot: Researchers Give Machines a New Perspective with Active Vision

by Jessica Heath
November 26, 2024

Head of a blackface sheep looking into the camera.

Animal and Veterinary Innovation Center Established at UC Davis

by Emily Dooley
November 22, 2024

A shiny gold sphere hovers above a blue rectangular plate. Wires are attached to the plate at left and right.

Overcoming the Casimir Force, a Fundamental Limitation in Quantum Tech

by Matt Marcure
November 21, 2024

Underwater photo of a colorful outcrop of coral with many layers against blue ocean background.

Can Corals Be Saved?

by Harrison Tasoff
November 04, 2024

Outdoor scene of a cliff of rock with mountains in the background. Small human figures can be seen at the base of the cliff.

Buried Alive: Carbon Dioxide Release From Magma Deep Beneath Ancient Volcanoes a Hidden Driver of Earth’s Past Climate

by Kitta MacPherson
October 30, 2024

Graphic of two branching trees shaped as human heads facing each other. Between them is a burst of light.

Exploring the Psychedelics Within Us

by Greg Watry
October 21, 2024

A quarry of bright white sand under a deep blue sky. An excavating machine can be seen in the distant center.

Laser Purified Silica

by Jessica Heath
October 14, 2024

A line of cars in the sunshine.

Charging, Not Range, is Becoming a Top Concern For Electric Car Drivers

by Alan Jenn
October 10, 2024

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