UC Davis is one of the world’s leading cross-disciplinary research and teaching institutions, located in Davis, California. The most academically comprehensive university on the West Coast, it is renowned for its programs in food and agriculture, the environmental sciences and sustainability, and veterinary medicine. Among its many accomplishments, it has helped develop the wine industry, pioneered new medical treatments and altered the art world. Part of the University of California system, UC Davis has 100+ majors, 10 colleges and professional schools, a health system, and research stations throughout California and beyond.
Between 2000 and 2015, the population of U.S. citizen minors living in Mexico more than doubled. Who are the kids living on the other side of the border?
Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Courthouse in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2019.
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A 15-year-old fleeing violence in El Salvador came to the US in 1985. Her immigration case sparked a Supreme Court decision that would affect how authorities treat children in detention.
Des manifestants portant des drapeaux allemands participent à un rassemblement organisé par le parti d'extrême droite allemand Alternative for Germany (AfD) le 1er mai 2019 à Chemnitz, dans l'est de l'Allemagne.
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Le nationalisme progresse en Europe, où de nombreux partis politiques sont hostiles à l’immigration. Mais quel rôle joue-t-elle dans leur succès ? La recherche met en évidence des nuances inattendues.
People holding German flags take part in a rally organised by Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on May 1, 2019 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany.
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Nationalism seems to be on the rise in Europe, with many parties hostile to immigration. But what role does immigration itself have their support? Research shows some unexpected impacts.
In a nation of multiple faiths, Hindus celebrate Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, with Mughal-era buildings behind them.
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India has always been a nation of multiple faiths but the BJP government, which is favoured to be returned this week as winner of the general election, is eroding the country’s Muslim heritage.
Consider the wisdom of the flock.
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After Google suggested PigeonRank was at the root of its search function, a group of researchers put a small flock of the birds to a different classification test in real life.
After decades of work, a salmon product engineered to grow faster may be coming to the U.S.
Daniel Mennerich
Memelihara ternak memiliki dampak yang jelas terhadap lingkungan, tetapi bertentangan dengan apa yang dikatakan banyak kritikus, Ternak bukan pendorong terbesar perubahan iklim.
Libraries subscribe digitally to academic journals – and are left with nothing in the stacks when the contract expires.
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Digital publishing hasn’t resulted in the free and open access to information many envisioned. Universities are increasingly fed up with a system they see as charging them for their own scholars’ labor.
Cows at the University of California, Davis beef research facility. Photo credit:
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According to current regulations, animals that have been genetically edited, like pigs or cows, are considered drugs. What are the consequences of such rules on American livestock and agriculture?
Scientific testing has zeroed in on the advantages of a zebra’s striped coat.
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Tim Caro, University of California, Davis and Martin How, University of Bristol
How the zebra got its stripes is not only a just-so story, but an object of scientific inquiry. New research suggests that stripes help zebras evade biting flies and the deadly diseases they carry.
The cause of many inherited eye diseases are a mystery.
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The causes of most inherited forms of blindness are unknown. Now more than 260 genes never before linked to eye development could lead to new therapies and diagnostics.
Brooklyn Brewery was sold to Kirin, Japan’s second-biggest brewer, in 2016.
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La cría de ganado tiene un claro impacto en el medio ambiente pero, contrariamente a lo que muchos críticos dicen, no es la mayor culpable del cambio climático.
For centuries, Pulter’s manuscript lay untouched at the University of Leeds’ Brotherton Library.
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In a time when women were expected to be silent, no topic was off limits for Pulter, who penned verses about politics, science and loss. Her manuscript was just published in a free digital archive.
Despite many claims, nobody knows for sure how the environmental footprint of lab-grown meat compares to livestock. An animal scientist says the issue is not black and white.