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Teens in Love Do Less Crime
(PhysOrg.com) -- Teenagers in love may be less likely to get mixed up in crime and substance abuse, according to new UC Davis research. But while romantic love seems to help keep teens law-abiding, casual sex can mean trouble.
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Babies, Bacteria and Breast Milk: Genome Sequence Reveals Evolutionary Alliance
(PhysOrg.com) -- As every parent discovers, human babies are bubbling, burping processing plants that take in milk, extract compounds useful for rapid growth and development, and unceremoniously excrete the byproducts. Those ...
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Jan 14, 2009 |
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Quiet Bison Sire More Calves Than Louder Rivals
(PhysOrg.com) -- During bison mating season, the quietest bulls score the most mates and sire the most offspring while studs with the loudest bellows see the least action, according to a surprising new study by researchers ...
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Dec 15, 2008 |
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Women's Gains in Politics Not Seen in Board Rooms, CEO Offices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Half of California's 400 largest public companies have no women in top executive offices, according to a study reported today by University of California, Davis, researchers. Almost half do not have a woman ...
Nov 17, 2008 |
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UC Davis: Troublesome, Non-native Squirrels Will Get Birth-control Shots
(PhysOrg.com) -- Before someone gets bitten, or neighboring farmlands are invaded, UC Davis officials will launch a birth-control research program to curb a campus population explosion of non-native tree squirrels.
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Oct 30, 2008 |
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New DNA Tool Probes Rice Genome
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new tool for investigating the rice genome has been developed by researchers at UC Davis led by Pamela Ronald, professor of plant pathology. The inexpensive, publicly-available rice DNA microarray covers ...
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Oct 21, 2008 |
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Study Shines Light on How Red Blood Cells Control Blood Pressure
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique sheds light on how red blood cells regulate blood pressure in small blood vessels.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 21, 2008 |
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Researcher Maps Genes of Destructive Parasite
(PhysOrg.com) -- The genome sequence and genetic map for a microscopic, soil-dwelling worm that is one of the world's most common and destructive plant parasites has been completed by a research team, including UC Davis nematology ...
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Sep 30, 2008 |
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Climate Change Alters Base of Tahoe Food Web
(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Davis researchers at Lake Tahoe this week published the first evidence that climate change alters the makeup of tiny plant communities called algae, which are the very foundation of the ...
Sep 29, 2008 |
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Galaxy Clusters Have a Mysterious Motion
(PhysOrg.com) -- The stars are in motion, and on a much larger scale than can be explained with current theories, according to astronomers at NASA, the University of Hawaii and UC Davis. The finding could improve our understanding ...
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Rice Protein Identified that Moderates Resistance to Infectious Disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have identified a plant protein that is a key player in moderating resistance to infectious disease. The discovery has significant implications for medical ...
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Sep 23, 2008 |
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How Temporary Help Agencies Impact the Labor Market
(PhysOrg.com) -- Temporary help agencies place nearly 3 million Americans in jobs each day -- but the temp industry's very success may embolden some managers to view all workers as impermanent, jobs scholar Vicki Smith argues ...
Aug 29, 2008 |
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Reckless Spending, Not Illness or Job Loss, Causes Most Bankruptcy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Simple overspending has driven most personal bankruptcies in recent years, a change from previous decades when illness and unemployment were major factors, concludes a new study from the University of California, ...
Aug 29, 2008 |
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Soils Limited in Storing Carbon and Mitigating Global Warming, Studies Find
(PhysOrg.com) -- Soils, long known to be potential natural "sinks" or storehouses for carbon, are limited in just how much carbon they can stash away, according to two recent studies by researchers at UC Davis; University ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 18, 2008 |
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Visualizing Open Source Software Development
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UC Davis graduate student has created short, colorful movies that show the development of open source software. With dancing points of light, rings of color and a soundtrack, the Code_swarm animations show ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 30, 2008 |
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