The soil roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has just 959 cells and a body that is mostly gut and reproductive organs. Yet its ...

Rice is a staple food crop for more than half the world’s population, but most farmers don’t grow high-yielding varieties ...

Students traveled all over the globe this year, and 10 photos from Bhutan, Bolivia, France and more are finalists in the 2024 ...

Two teams of Aggies are headed for postseason play, and a third looks likely. The UC Davis men’s soccer team won the Big West ...

The work of 12 early-career faculty members will get a boost as this year’s class of Hellman Fellows. They will receive ...

UC Davis Safety Services will establish a Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) in 2025, and now is the time to ...

Consumers may have noticed a recent trend in food and beverage products labeled probiotic or prebiotic. The products often ...

Are all the products on store shelves that claim to be probiotic or prebiotic really good for you? A UC Davis microbiologist separates hype from health.

In his first-year seminar dubbed “Could a Robot Ever Be Conscious?” Professor Richard Huskey guides students to discuss ...

Seeing a JR De Guzman ’12 show is a lot like attending a concert. The comedian walks onstage with his acoustic guitar over ...

From sports and history to mystery and comics, this year featured books for everyone. Our annual roundup features even more ...

When Oxford University Press suggested Matthew Kennedy, M.A. ’92, write a book for its Opinionated Guide series, he said he ...