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A person forming a heart shape with their hands over their abdomen. An international panel led by UC Davis professor Maria Marco defines “gut health” for the first time, offering a scientific framework for medicine, research and consumer claims. (Getty)

What is Gut Health?

by Amy Quinton
February 18, 2026

A silver-colored machine turns coffee beans in a circle.

Coffee Industry Leaders Give Major Collections to UC Davis Library

by Sarah Colwell
January 29, 2026

A woman in waders walks into murky, wet floodplain on rice fields

Tell Me Something Good … About Salmon

by Kat Kerlin
January 29, 2026

A man wearing a grey shirt and turban stands in a field of green plants with small yellow flowers.

Grant to Expand Self-Cloning Crop Technology for Indian Farmers

by Liana Wait
January 27, 2026

close up image of pistachios, ready to eat

Breakthroughs for Preventing Pistachio Hull Split

by Trina Kleist
January 22, 2026

Plant Biologists Win VinFuture Prize for Developing Self-Cloning Crops

by Liana Wait
December 08, 2025

white truck hauling two open loads of bright red tomatoes leaves a field

Rising Heat Leads to Minimal Losses for California Processing Tomatoes

by Emily C. Dooley
December 02, 2025

Close up view of a red wineglass shot on rustic wooden table. A wine bottle is laying beside the wineglass. Selective focus on the wineglass. A corkscrew, grapes and a wine bottle box complete the composition. (Getty)

Cabernet Sauvignon’s Long Memory Revealed

by Amy Quinton
November 18, 2025

Matthias Hess, with the UC Davis Department of Animal Science, is shown here in the UC Davis dairy in front of a line of dairy cows in their feeding stalls.. He and researchers at UC Berkeley have identified which microbes in a cow's gut could help reduce methane. It brings them a step closer to engineering gut microbes to create more climate-friendly cows. (Gregory Urquiaga / UC Davis)

A Microbial Blueprint for Climate-Smart Cows

by Amy Quinton
November 17, 2025

12 people dressed in business attire stand and face camera around a board room table. Two men in the center hold up folders and a document.

UC Davis Chancellor May Leads Delegation to Kenya to Advance California–Kenya Climate and Trade Partnership

by Samuel Chiu
November 13, 2025

Rows of tightly-packed olive trees like these shown here produced the same yields and high-quality oil even when using 30-40% less nitrogen than recommended amounts for traditional orchards. (Savannah Haas/UC Davis)

Study Shows Very Dense Olive Orchards Thrive on Less Fertilizer

by Tiffany Dobbyn
November 13, 2025

Row of green trees in an orchard. Two people stand in the middle distance looking at a handheld device.

AI Tool to Help Farmers Measure Real-Time Crop Health from the Field

by Emily Dooley
September 24, 2025

A farmer runs his hand through the grains of a wheat field. UC Davis scientists have developed wheat plants that can stimulate the production of their own fertilizer. (Getty)

Wheat That Makes Its Own Fertilizer

by Trina Kleist
August 27, 2025

Ralstonia solanacearum is shown here in a potato plant that has wilted. The bacterium destroys the vascular system in plants, causing them to succumb to wilt disease. (Credit: Amilcar Sanchez)

How Plants are Learning to Spot Sneaky Bacterial Invaders

by Amy Quinton
July 28, 2025

Circular pens outline a salmon farm in open ocean waters of British Columbia with mountains in background

A Different Perspective on Salmon Farms

by Kat Kerlin
July 07, 2025

Three wines that are part of the Hilgard631 collection, including two UC Davis cabernet sauvignons and a sauvignon blanc. The wines are on a table and feature multi-colored labels that show the UC Davis water tower and Robert Mondavi Institute buildings.(Jael Mackendorf / UC Davis)

UC Davis Launches Small-Batch Wine Label

by Emily C. Dooley
June 11, 2025

Low-fat veggies and fruits like broccoli, apples, tomatoes shown on left and high-fat foods like hamburgers, pizza and french fries on the right. A tape measure divides the two sides. UC Davis researchers find that switching from a high-fat to a low-fat diet slowed precancerous changes in the pancreas of mice. (Getty)

Could Dietary Changes — Even After Obesity — Help Prevent Pancreatic Cancer?

by Amy Quinton
June 04, 2025

UC Davis and International Strawberry Master Licensee Eurosemillas Agree to Part Ways

by UC Davis News and Media Relations
May 21, 2025

Drone shot of California aqueduct curving between an auburn barren hillside and agricultural fields in Kern County at sunset

California Risks Billions in Economic Losses Without Water Supply Action

by Kat Kerlin, adapted from CMUA press release
May 14, 2025

Green weedy vegetation grows in front of shallow water in the Florida Everglades, with more vegetation in background

Sulfur Runoff Amplifies Mercury Concentrations in Florida Everglades

by Emily C. Dooley
May 08, 2025

woman in blue shirt and tan pants smiles while holding loaf of freshly baked bread pulled from large metal oven

Targeting Gluten: Researchers Delete Proteins in Wheat Harmful to People with Celiac Disease

by Emily C. Dooley
May 05, 2025

Red cabbage being fermented in vinegar in a clear jar. A new UC Davis study shows that having fermented food like sauerkraut could be good for gut health. (Hector Amezcua / UC Davis)

The Gut Health Benefits of Sauerkraut

by Tiffany Dobbyn
April 14, 2025

Foundation Plant Services technicians in white lab coats at table processing grapevine material in plastic bags from the Classic Foundation Vineyard. (Foundation Plant Services / UC Davis)

Foundation Plant Services Detects No Viruses in 2025 Distributed Grapevines

by Emily C. Dooley
March 24, 2025

A dozen fellows from the UC Davis Innovation Institute For Food and Health listen to a speaker at an industry day event. (IIFH)

Developing Future Food and Health Leaders

by Marissa Pickard
March 24, 2025

Close up view of pistachios growing in a cluster on a tree. Researchers have generated the most comprehensive genome sequence of the pistachio, allowing plant breeders to create better varieties. (Bárbara Blanco-Ulate / UC Davis)

Cracking the Code of Pistachio Genetics

by Amy Quinton
March 20, 2025

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