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Nut growers look to space for support, guidance
Space is preparing to go a little nuts. NASA satellite images could soon give information to nut growers about their orchard's health, allowing them to stay ahead of plant stress issues, pests and diseases that could affect crop yield and quality.
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California prepares to send out IOUs
California employees, including veterinarians employed by the state, already are being forced to take three days of unpaid leave each month, and the University of California-Davis is trying to figure out how to absorb a $2.1 million state funding cut.
Not all plants are safe for bees
Attracting bees, wild birds, insects and other pollinators to the garden seems to be a priority for gardeners these days, but it can be complicated.
Tahoe City fish hatchery delays opening due to Calif. budget
California's tight budget situation has delayed plans by at least one year to open the Historic Fish Hatchery in Tahoe City.
Brain Functions That Can Prevent Relapse Improve After A Year Of Methamphetamine Abstinence
The results tell recovering substance abusers, their families and drug-treatment specialists that it can take an extended period of time for the brain functions critical to recovery to improve.
Rise in autistic adults worries caregivers
As a chubby, smiling baby boy, Marlon Barton delighted everyone around him. Now that he is a strapping young man who flaps his hands and makes odd noises, no one knows quite what to do with him.
Pet hospice care helps pet owners cope with death
When Alysa Brennan of Hermosa Beach, Calif., discovered one of her Great Danes had cancer, she was faced with a difficult decision, but she felt fortunate that her veterinarian, Dr.
Secrets of daily life among the great pyramids of Giza uncovered
Secrets of daily life among the great pyramids of Giza uncovered In a study lasting two decades, archaeologists have uncovered a number of secrets of daily life among the great pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
Brain functions that can prevent relapse improve after a year of methamphetamine abstinence
In a study published online by the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, UC Davis researchers report that it takes at least a year for former methamphetamine users to regain impulse control.
Plant protein 'doorkeepers' block invading microbes, study finds
A group of plant proteins that "shut the door" on bacteria that would otherwise infect the plant's leaves has been identified for the first time by a team of researchers in Denmark, at the University of California, Davis, and at UC Berkeley.
Academic's Labor Helps Fight H-1B Visas
Not many computer science professors are activists on immigration policy. But Norm Matloff of the University of California, Davis wears both hats.
Today is Sunday, June 28, the 179th day of 2009. There are 186 days left in the year.
Sweets and treats at the Norton Simon
The Norton Simon Museum has long been known as a prestigious institution where art of the ages is perfectly placed in quiet, crisp rooms.
UC Davis Grant Zeroes In On Novel Asthma Diagnosis, Treatment
An entomology professor at the University of California, Davis who discovered a novel therapeutic target for treating inflammation, has received a three-year $750,000 grant from the American Asthma Foundation to investigate whether his discovery will work on asthma, a chronic disease affecting 300 million people worldwide, including 23 million ...
California Budget: Taxes or Cuts, There's Simply Less to Spend
Whether the state budget mess ends with more cuts or more taxes, the economy won't know the difference -- at least in the short run, economists say.
Sacramento mom details health of daughter who died of swine flu
As the numbers of swine flu cases increase nationally, scientists say underlying medical conditions such as heart or lung problems, asthma and obesity have been linked to serious infections.
Measuring Intellectual Disability
Fragile X syndrome is the most common form of inherited intellectual impairment.
Study finds plants can communicate
U.S. and Japanese scientists have discovered plants can communicate danger to their "clones" or genetically identical cuttings planted nearby.
Sacramento Woman Dies from Swine Flu
A 24-year old woman has become Sacramento County's first fatality resulting from the swine flu outbreak.
Medical Students, Pew Find Improvement In Medical School...
Over one-fifth of U.S. medical schools improved their conflict-of-interest rules in the past year, yet dozens of others lag behind according to the 2009 American Medical Student Association PharmFree Scorecard, released today.