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Big Questions, Bold Answers

At UC Davis, big questions galvanize our learning and discovery. And with our 30,000 students, nearly 2,500 faculty and $544 million in annual research expenditures, we uncover the bold answers that become the solutions to the critical issues of our world. |
Thanks to Research at UC Davis, your table scraps could one day reduce our dependence upon foreign oil. Soon our cars may run on garbage. Or trees. Or grass. » READ MORE |
With California primary and secondary schools desperate for math and science teachers, UC Davis has created the Mathematics and Science Teaching program (MAST) to help undergraduate students prepare to become teachers.
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In a rice paddy somewhere in Asia, Africa or South America, a farmer plants his crops, knowing all or part may be lost to disease, floods and environmental stresses.
UC Davis researchers are working with colleagues internationally to unravel the molecular secrets of rice. » READ MORE |
The deadly H5N1 avian influenza has infected birds in 48 countries, killed almost 150 people and has the potential to become a global pandemic.
Now the disease has become the focus of four UC Davis researchers to better inform the public about bird flu. » READ MORE |
Think of Susan Ebeler and Andy Waterhouse next time you sip a glass of red wine. These two wine chemists in the nation's premier wine research program are teasing out the chemical secrets of wine, hoping to discover how certain compounds may help prevent cancer and heart disease. » READ MORE |
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