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1.14.2009
Babies, Bacteria and Breast Milk: Genome Sequence Reveals Evolutionary Alliance
As every parent discovers, human babies are bubbling, burping processing plants that take in milk, extract compounds useful for rapid growth and development, and unceremoniously excrete the ... [ More ]

1.14.2009
Experts List: State Budget Priorities
The following University of California, Davis, faculty members are available to comment on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed 2009-10 California budget priorities and other state issues that the ... [ More ]

1.14.2009
Low-cost Strategy Developed for Curbing Computer Worms
Thanks to an ingenious new strategy devised by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and Intel Corporation, computer network administrators might soon be able to mount effective, ... [ More ]

1.14.2009
Odor Alters Gene Expression in Olfactory Neurons
New research from the University of California, Davis, shows why a species of tiny worm can learn to ignore an odor — information that could have implications for how human memories are ... [ More ]

1.13.2009
Chevron Gives $2.5 Million to Advance Teaching, Research in Energy Efficiency
Chevron Corporation has given UC Davis $2.5 million to create a permanent leadership position for the campus's Energy Efficiency Center. The person appointed to the Chevron Chair in Energy ... [ More ]

1.13.2009
SeXX Shift: Will Women Wear White Collars, Men Blue?
The University of California, Davis, no longer looks like your father’s campus. But it very well may be your daughter’s. In the span of a single generation, enrollment at UC Davis has ... [ More ]

	(Karin Higgins/UC Davis photo)

1.12.2009
New 'Smart' Lighting Makes Parking Greener and Safer
Parking lots and garages light up the night: Daytime users drive home and nighttime users are few, but for safety reasons, the lights stay on. Michael Siminovitch, director of UC Davis' California ... [ More ]

1.11.2009
Letter Bomb Threat to Researchers
An animal rights group has claimed that it has sent letter bombs to two UC Davis researchers. The UC Davis Police Department, Davis Police Department and other agencies are investigating the claim, ... [ More ]

	Structure of an aerogel (Attila Gyulassi/UC Davis graphic)

1.8.2009
Billion-Point Computing for Computers
A powerful computing tool that allows scientists to extract features and patterns from enormously large and complex sets of raw data has been developed by scientists at the University of California, ... [ More ]

1.8.2009
UC Davis Honors Six Distinguished Alumni
Quarterback J.T. O'Sullivan of the San Francisco 49ers will share the spotlight with champions working for sustainable agriculture in Brazil, an economy run on hydrogen, and the sound financial ... [ More ]

1.6.2009
'Crafted Lives': New Book Looks at African American Quilters
Feb. 9, Monday -- Patricia A. Turner, professor of African American and African Studies and vice provost for undergraduate studies at UC Davis, will talk about her new book, "Crafted Lives: ... [ More ]

1.9.2009
UC Davis experts: Inauguration and first 100 days