The Caldor Fire in August 2021 spared Meyers and Christmas Valley in the Tahoe basin. A new UC Davis study shows that tree thinning prior to the fire was a big factor - as long as fuel piles were burned www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

A local good news story: Record numbers of salmon are making their way up Putah Creek, a result of years of restoration efforts www.dailyrepublic.com/news/early-f...

Federal funding supports research from Alzheimer's and long COVID to protecting farms from drought #FromLabstoLives www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/...

Professor Vinod Narayanan develops next-generation technologies that help power plants and factories use energy more efficiently. His federally funded research aims to reduce how much energy these systems waste, which can lower electricity bills and make everyday products more affordable.

Both lighting and music can influence mood. A new study from the California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis shows how different colors and shades enhance the emotional experience of music @ucdlands.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/lightin...

We're thrilled to share that the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD®) has designated us as a NORD Rare Disease Center of Excellence! This recognizes our leadership in providing expert, multidisciplinary care and advancing research for the 30 million Americans living with rare diseases.

Congratulations to Tony Tyson for making the Nature 10! All this and @vrubinobs.bsky.social too

LUX-ZEPLIN Latest: No Dark Matter Yet, But a Close Look at Solar Neutrinos @ucdlands.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/blog/lux-zep...

Hybrid crops give better yields, but farmers need to buy new seed every year. A new way to produce hybrids that can clone themselves as seeds could bring huge benefits to global agriculture -- just recognized with the VinFuture Prize www.ucdavis.edu/news/plant-b...

Plant-based alternatives to synthetic dyes and a device to improve Achilles tendon health are winners of grants under the UC Davis STAIR program, which aims to turn lab discoveries into viable products www.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...

A UC Davis project to capture solar heat for industrial use — with potential spinoffs in other energy areas, including nuclear power — has been canceled by the U.S. Department of Energy on the cusp of its final phase www.ucdavis.edu/news/federal...

Why do people hold weird beliefs against all evidence? There are multiple theories, but Eli Elster argues that such belief can actually be shaped by real-life experiences @theconversation.com @ucdlands.bsky.social theconversation.com/flat-earth-s...

Rare earth elements are vital to modern technology. They're also, well, rare. A new UC Davis project aims to use acid-loving bacteria to isolate REEs from mining wastewater. @ucdavisengineering.bsky.social @ucdaviscaes.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/extract...

California's tomato growers have a highly efficient system to get tomatoes from field to cannery. In a bit of good news, UC Davis researchers find the tomato chain likely isn't vulnerable to climate change. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/ri...

How does lighting affect how you listen to music? Turn on a warm white light and your favorite song, then read more in this new study from @ucdavisenergy.bsky.social's California Lighting Technology Center and ASU. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

At the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Lab, scientists are fighting to restore endangered @whiteabalone.bsky.social amid complex pressures — and seeing remarkable spawning success, offering this iconic species a path home. More from @pressdemo.bsky.social: www.pressdemocrat.com/2025/11/26/b...

Evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers, Ph.D. ’05, wins a 2025 MacArthur “genius grant” the first ever awarded for fungi research. The $800K prize honors her groundbreaking work and future promise. ucdav.is/3XfXloY

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are reaching a tipping point, says Kim Fisher at the UC Davis Innovation Institute for Food and Health. A recent IIFH forum explored how this class of drugs is impacting a wide range of diseases and conditions www.nutritioninsight.com/news/glp-1-r...

Solar panels over California's canals seems like a no-brainer. But it takes a lot more to bring a good idea into reality, as this story from @ucnewsroom.bsky.social shows www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/solar-p...

Q&A: Stavros Vougioukas on the Future of Farm Robotics @ucdavisengineering.bsky.social engineering.ucdavis.edu/news/stavros...

It turns out that things you think are good for you -- fresh air, human and animal companions, purpose -- really are good for you. A new field, Ecological Medicine, aims to use connection with nature to enhance health www.ucdavis.edu/news/new-fie...

Most modern dog breeds have detectable wolf DNA from interbreeding well after domestication of dogs, according to a new study from the American Museum of Natural History. Money quote: “This completely makes sense to anyone who owns a chihuahua" @amnh.org www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

About 250 million years ago, life on Earth was nearly entirely wiped out. A new analysis suggests that The Great Dying was a series of regional events over hundreds of thousands of years, not single catastrophe @ucdlands.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/blog/how-ear...

The outer solar system is swarming with small, icy moons. UC Davis geophysicist Max Rudolph is taking a closer look at what could be going on beneath the icy shell @ucdlands.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/looking...

Root-knot nematodes are major agricultural pests. A new UC Davis-led study of the worm's genome shows how it can adapt to a wide variety of host plants @ucdaviscaes.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/blog/how-doe...

The UC Davis equestrian team helped scientists with a new study showing how toys can improve the health and welfare of stabled horses @ucdaviscaes.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/...

We're Hiring! 📢 Join Team @whiteabalone.bsky.social and the CDFW Shellfish Health Lab at the @ucdavis.bsky.social Bodega Marine Laboratory in Bodega Bay as a Jr. Specialist. Learn more and apply by the next review date, Nov 27th, here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07397

Cabernet sauvignon, one of the world's most popular wine grapes, has been propagated from cuttings for 400 years. A new UC Davis study shows it still carries molecular markers of its ancestors www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/ca...

Cows belch a lot of methane, which contributes to climate change. Scientists at UC Davis and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social are figuring out how microbes in a cow's stomachs could be tweaked to cut down the amount of methane from cows www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/en...

Biodiversity isn't just pretty; it's vital for people's health. Case in point: This awesome story about the decline of frogs, the rise of a disease and the vital research from @ucdavis.bsky.social and others discovering that link. 👏 @dinograndoni.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com bit.ly/4r1hblm

The Bodega Marine Lab and @ucdavis.bsky.social were on @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social last night! 🎉 We’ll take "Ways to Make a Marine Scientist’s Day” for $1,000, please, and give a big shoutout to our @whiteabalone.bsky.social team! 📺: Season 42, E9434 - Week 10, Episode 49

On Science magazine's podcast, Jeremy Munday @ucdavisengineering.bsky.social talks about using the heat difference between Earth and space to generate power www.science.org/content/podc...

The remaining carbon budget for 1.5C will be gone by 2030 without dramatic emissions cuts. Global Carbon Report 2025 preprint released for #COP30. www.ucdavis.edu/climate/blog...

A new UC Davis study shows that California olive orchards could cut fertilizer use by 25-50 percent and thrive www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...

A new study found that those who struggle with generalized anxiety disorder have lower levels of choline, an essential nutrient vital for brain functions like memory, mood regulation & muscle control. Learn about the study & what it means for anxiety research: health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...

In a recent talk at UC Davis, Adam Reiss led a rapt audience on a tour of the expanding universe and the frontiers of cosmology @ucdlands.bsky.social lettersandsciencemag.ucdavis.edu/news-notewor...

Many important crops (potato, banana, strawberry) are reproduced vegetatively. A new look at plant stem cells shows how mutations and variation can be introduced without sexual reproduction. www.ucdavis.edu/news/plants-...

What if you could squeeze a bit of useful power from the temperature difference between the Earth's surface and deep space? UC Davis engineers have done just that @ucdavisengineering.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/mechani...

"Like an armadillo in Antarctica:" My colleague @katkerlin.bsky.social got to take an amazing trek through the high Sierra Nevada in search of Jeffrey pines growing much higher than they should be www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

Conflict between humans & wildlife is expected to increase with drought and climate change, finds @ucdavis.bsky.social @uclaioes.bsky.social study. "If we can make it worse, then we can make it better,” says @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social. @justineasmith.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

Video: Journalist Charles Piller recently spoke at the UC Davis College of Biological Sciences about uncovering fraud and misconduct in Alzheimer's research -- the topic of his book, "Doctored" youtu.be/rCPMtNZjGcI?...

The cost of surface water in California swings wildly between drought years and wet years, while groundwater prices are much more stable. Joint management of surface and groundwater is needed for price stability, UC Davis researchers say www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

New UC Davis study uncovers how cells prevent dangerous blood sugar crashes, offering hope for better ways to avoid hypoglycemia in people with diabetes. ucdav.is/4pV7vIy #FromLabsToLives #DiabetesAwarenessMonth

Parenting lessons...from poison frogs? At the next Davis Science Cafe, herpetologist Eva Fischer talks about the home life of small, colorful amphibians. Wed. Nov. 12, 5:30 p.m., G Street Wunderbar @ucdlands.bsky.social

Ever freeze on a trail after spotting something that might be a snake? That instinct comes from deep in our evolutionary past. 🐍 UC Davis research reveals that primate encounters with snakes helped shape our highly developed visual system. Learn more:

New work shows how extraterrestrial factors influenced both the most recent ice age and that of the late Paleozoic, 340 to 280 million years ago. Recent, human-caused climate change risks upsetting a delicate balance @ucdlands.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/blog/deep-wa...

Throwback treat: @ucdavis.bsky.social Professor Jay Stachowicz talking Halloween fashion… for decorator crabs! 🦀✨

Happiness shared is happiness doubled, goes an old proverb. A new UC Davis study says shared pleasure is good for you, too @ucdlands.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/sharing...

Drought takes a toll on rice crops, but now farmers have help deciding what to plant. #UCDavis & partners developed a tool that calculates the cost of transitioning to less thirsty crops like dry beans, sunflower or tomato. #UCDavisDelivers…economic stability #UCDD caes.ucdavis.edu/news/new-too...

UC Davis scientists have identified a new species of trapdoor spider, Aptostichus simus, in California's coastal dunes. www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...