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Will the car of the future look like something outlandish, something amazing, something futuristic? Or will the real car of the future look just like a regular car, only it will be clean, efficient, and amazingly advanced under the skin? I've been having this debate with myself since the summer of 2008.

Under fluorescent lab lights, 30-year-old Robert Gutierrez was packing up papers and lab equipment, having just finished his last five-hour Organic Chemistry 2 lab.

El Concilio-Council for the Spanish Speaking and the University of California Davis Center for Health Disparities will be recipients of a Covered California Grant for $1,000,000. The Covered California grants are being awarded after a highly competitive process to applicants to outreach and educate the community about the new federal Affordable ... (more)

A Boy Scout wears an Eagle Scot neckerchief in Austin, Texas. The Boy Scouts ended its ban on openly gay youth on Thursday.

Scientists experimenting in mice may have found the culprit: A molecule used by the heart is pulling double duty, sending a message to the spinal cord that ultimately produces that familiar tickle on our skin .

Canned peaches can pack as many, or in some cases, more nutrients than fresh ones, research suggests.

Nevada president Marc Johnson announced on Wednesday the home of the Wolf Pack will now be called Chris Ault Field at Mackay Stadium.

New research shows that a signal species of fish in the Gulf Coast was harmed by exposure to crude oil toxins nearly a year after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster occurred.

Honeybees have been dying at an alarming rate for years, but a new government survey shows nearly a third of the nation's honeybees died over the winter.

Humans have been brewing beer for 15,000 years. The only reason Jesus didn't turn water into wine is because he couldn't find any Cascade hops and used all the yeast to make bread and batter fish.

As non-emergency surgeries were postponed and fill-in medical technicians were brought in from out of state, thousands of employees walked off the job Tuesday at the UC Davis Medical Center and four other University of California hospitals.

UC Davis researchers have received a $3 million grant to conduct the first long-range study of mental and psychological decline that accompanies an age-related neurological disorder associated with Fragile X Syndrome.

In an ongoing program to modernize and upgrade its fleet of emergency air medical helicopters, REACH Air Medical Services has taken delivery of a new Eurocopter EC135 helicopter.

The music programmed on Exiles' Cafe instantly conjures up images of a house pianist performing for poets, writers, musicians and other artists gathered together at a popular expatriate club.

The results of a new study led by George Washington University Professor Tianshu Li provide direct computational evidence that nucleation of ice in small droplets is strongly size-dependent, an important conclusion in understanding water's behavior at the nanoscale.

Surgical technician Katie Caton, right, cheers on her fellow workers in front of the hospital during a labor strike on Tuesday, May 21, 20013.The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees planned the walkout of workers at the UC Davis Health System and University of California hospitals in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego ... (more)

High school students who smoke cigarettes are less likely to graduate on time, more likely to drop out and more likely to have poor grades, says a new study from UC Davis and reported EdSource, Highlighting Strategies for Student Success.

Meeting the demand for more data storage in smaller volumes means using materials made up of ever-smaller magnets, or nanomagnets.

Medical workers across California plan to strike for the next two days in an effort to push forward negotiations for a new contract.

University of California officials have gone to court to stem the extent of a two-day strike set to begin Tuesday for thousands of patient-care technicians at UC Davis Medical Center and four other large University of California hospitals.