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Pigeons

Using Urban Pigeons to Monitor Lead Pollution

  • by Andy Fell
  • July 19, 2016
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UCTV Shows Natural Climate Solutions Symposium

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • June 13, 2016
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A robot cleans solar panels

Campus Taps the Sun’s Energy

  • by Russell Thebaud
  • May 30, 2016
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Photo illustration header: Burning Questions

Burning Questions

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • May 01, 2016
  • UC Davis Magazine

Bringing a Special Sandbox Inside the Classroom

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • April 28, 2016
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UC Davis Capitol Speaker Series: Discussing the Impacts of Strategic Transportation on Reducing Greenhouse Gas

  • by Karen Nikos-Rose
  • April 06, 2016
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Gov. Brown at UC Davis climate symposium.

Symposium Addresses Natural Landscapes and Climate Change

  • by Andy Fell
  • March 15, 2016
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Toxicologist Wins Early Career Award

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • March 03, 2016
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Apartments buildings at West Village

UC Davis to Host First Energy Institute for Obama's Young African Leaders Program

  • by Julia Ann Easley
  • February 09, 2016
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UC Davis experts to speak at the American Geophysical Union annual meeting

  • by Andy Fell
  • December 10, 2015

Improving public service in any language

  • by Julia Ann Easley
  • December 09, 2015
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Mark Abbott

Marine Research Authority

  • by Cody Kitaura
  • November 01, 2015
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Equipment mining for crude oil in the tar sands at Fort McMurray in Canada

Emissions from Canada's oil-sand crude higher than those from U.S. sources

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • June 25, 2015
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Tweet with a map of Napa Valley with yellow marks

The next Napa earthquake could be much bigger, scientists find

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • December 18, 2014
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Fossil remains show the first amphibious ichthyosaur found in China by a team led by a UC Davis scientist. (Stefano Broccoli/University of Milan graphic) Its amphibious characteristics include large flippers and flexible wrists, essential for cr

First amphibious ichthyosaur discovered, filling evolutionary gap

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • November 05, 2014
mosquito

UC Davis scientists discover exact receptor for DEET that repels mosquitoes

  • by Pat Bailey
  • October 27, 2014
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Sweet smell of sustainability: renewable sources for artificial scents

  • by Andy Fell
  • March 10, 2014

3-D sandbox exhibit brings watersheds to life at Lake Tahoe

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • July 29, 2013
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Model of various colored molecules as they dissolve with a cross section of the Earth behind

Computer models show how deep carbon could return to Earth's surface

  • by Andy Fell
  • March 18, 2013
cutthroat trout on a wire netting

Scientists examine California's vulnerability to climate change

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • July 31, 2012

How sea water could corrode nuclear fuel

  • by Andy Fell
  • January 26, 2012

Tsunami observed by radar

  • by Andy Fell
  • August 16, 2011

Students win national geothermal energy competition

  • by Andy Fell
  • July 08, 2011
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Photo: two young students and a woman examine two grapefruits set up to conduct energy

Connecting with science: Grad students introduce K-12 youngsters to the ‘aha!’ moments

  • by Sylvia Wright
  • March 03, 2011
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The geothermal field at Krafla, Iceland, is yielding new insights on geothermal heat.

Magma power for geothermal energy?

  • by Andy Fell
  • February 17, 2011

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