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A large colorful bush outside a house fills the left and center of the screen. A woman with blonde hair wearing a blue jacket and hat is holding a branch of the bush and looking closely at it.

City-Dwelling Monarch Butterflies Stay Put

by Liana Wait
May 28, 2025

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How Are They Biting? High Speed Video Reveals Unexpected Jaw Movements in Reef Fish

by Andy Fell
May 05, 2025

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How Aggie Square Is Advancing Innovation in Sacramento

by UC Davis Staff
April 29, 2025

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Study Suggests Dance and Lullabies Aren’t Universal Human Behaviors

by Greg Watry
April 29, 2025

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Can Citizen Science Be Trusted? New Study of Birds Shows It Can

by Liana Wait
April 15, 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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Fish Teeth Show How Ease of Innovation Enables Rapid Evolution

by Andy Fell
February 26, 2025

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Diving in Antarctica

by Greg Watry
February 11, 2025

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Creating Nanoislands for Better Platinum Catalysts

by Andy Fell
January 28, 2025

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Men and Women Equally Attracted to Younger Partners, UC Davis Study Suggests

by Karen Nikos-Rose
January 27, 2025

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New Angle Etching Technique for Making Quantum Devices

by Matt Marcure
January 24, 2025

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International Students Boost Startup Creation, Lifting Local Jobs and Revenue, New Research Shows

by Alex Russell, College of Letters and Science
January 14, 2025

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Is This Universe Tuned to Support Life?

by Greg Watry
January 10, 2025

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Genetics of Alternating Sexes in Walnuts

by Andy Fell
January 02, 2025

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Your Smart TV is Watching What You Watch

by Andy Fell
December 18, 2024

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Can You Go Home Again? New Study Looks at the Workplace Effects of Boomerangs

by Karen Nikos-Rose
December 18, 2024

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Incorporating Native American Plants into Landscape

by Karen Nikos-Rose
December 16, 2024

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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

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UC Davis Joins New $285 Million CHIPS Semiconductor Research Institute

by News and Media Relations
December 09, 2024

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

by Jessica Heath
November 26, 2024

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Christmas Trees’ Distinctive Aroma Helps Ward off Pathogens and Pests

by Liana Wait
November 25, 2024

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Overcoming the Casimir Force, a Fundamental Limitation in Quantum Tech

by Matt Marcure
November 21, 2024

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What Makes Queen Bees So Smart?

by Douglas Fox
November 07, 2024

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UC Davis Joins New NSF I-Corps Hub, Part of National Innovation Network

by News and Media Relations
October 30, 2024

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The Roots of Fear: Understanding the Amygdala

by Andy Fell
October 30, 2024

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