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Using Machine Learning to Find Reliable and Low-Cost Solar Cells

by Andy Fell
April 17, 2023

Ermias Kebreab and Matthias Hess with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences stand in front of a cow eating feed at the UC Davis dairy barn. They will work with UC collaborators to cut methane emissions from cow guts using the genome-editing tool CRSPR. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)

Can CRISPR Cut Methane Emissions From Cow Guts?

by Clémentine Sicard
April 17, 2023

Ice floats atop Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe’s Clarity the Best It’s Been Since 1980s

by Kat Kerlin
April 10, 2023

Marmot stand up on rock looking out on Sierra mountains under blue skiess

Sierra Squirrels Find Their Niche Amid a Changing Climate

by Kat Kerlin
April 06, 2023

Aerial drone image compost of wildlands before and after wildfire

Using AI to Analyze Wildfire Impacts

by Kathleen Wong
March 29, 2023

McCloud River Redband Trout, or O. mykiss calisulat, held in hand

Rainbow Trout Subspecies Newly Named

by Kat Kerlin
March 29, 2023

Planting a tree on campus

How UC Davis Is Growing a Tree Canopy for Tomorrow’s Climate

by Brenda Dawson
March 28, 2023

Woman in purple jacket stands in rain in almond orchard for groundwater recharge experiment.

Will a Wet Winter End Water Woes?

by Andy Fell
March 27, 2023

female mountain lion stares at camera while walking in dark woods

Humans Are Leading Source of Death for California Mountain Lions, Despite Hunting Protections

by University of Nebraska-Lincoln
March 20, 2023

fog over coastal mountains in northern California

Climate Trends in the West, Today and 11,000 Years Ago

by Kat Kerlin
February 27, 2023

Aerial of Copco 1 dam on Klamath River

The Science of Saving Salmon as Klamath Dams Come Down

by Malia Reiss
February 24, 2023

A bus drives down a road surrounded by bicycles

$20M Grant Renewal for National Center for Sustainable Transportation

by Samuel Chiu
February 23, 2023

Researcher poses next to fish tan

Sloan Fellowships for Animal Behaviorist, Chemist and Mathematician

by Andy Fell
February 16, 2023

Two jaguars, caught with a camera trap survey, walk in Amazon forest

Amazon Mammals Threatened by Climate Change

by Kat Kerlin
February 15, 2023

Table with rows of preserved bird specimens for wildlife biology class

Owl or Nothing: Learning 300 Birds in 10 Weeks

by Malia Reiss
February 08, 2023

male giraffe performs flehmen behavior as female pees

Heavy Necking: New Insights Into the Sex Life of Giraffes

by Kat Kerlin
February 08, 2023

Students view computer screens as they work

UC Davis Team Develops Online Tool to View General Plans Across California

by Tiffany Dobbyn
February 06, 2023

Sundown at Salton Sea

Balancing a Battery-Powered Future With Energy Justice

by Theresa Duque
February 03, 2023

P-22 stares into remote camera on the trail in dark woods

Mountain Lion Mortality Maps Show Rough Road for Cougars

by Kat Kerlin
February 02, 2023

Firefighter walks along highway with flames to his side during Creek Fire response in 2022.

Unprecedented Levels of High-Severity Fire Burn in Sierra Nevada Forests

by Kat Kerlin
January 20, 2023

MJ MJ Farruggia samples water in an alpine pond

Science Storytelling Through a Camera Lens

by Malia Reiss
January 18, 2023

Two young tree swallows look out of hole in nestbox hanging from tree

Climate Change Presents a Mismatch for Songbirds’ Breeding Season

by Kat Kerlin
January 17, 2023

Distinguished Professor John Eadie Wins UC Davis Teaching Prize

by Tiffany Dobbyn
January 12, 2023

Drone aerial image of flooding across Discovery Park in Sacramento in 2023

Water and Drought Experts

by Kat Kerlin
January 11, 2023

Coffee pours from a carafe into coffee cup

Buzz Killer: Caffeine Pollutes. Can Bacteria Help?

by Kat Kerlin
January 11, 2023

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