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Exploring the Psychedelics Within Us

by Greg Watry
October 21, 2024

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Researchers Step Closer to Mimicking Nature’s Mastery of Chemistry

by Greg Watry
January 10, 2024

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UC Davis, Mars Researchers Discover Scalable Production Technique for Low-Calorie Sugar Substitute

by Andy Fell
October 24, 2023

Scientist Carlito Lebrilla in his lab at UC Davis.

The Dark Matter of Food: Uncovering the Structures of Carbohydrates

by Greg Watry
May 16, 2023

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Receptor Location Matters for Psychedelic Drug Effects

by Andy Fell
February 16, 2023

Lea Nglankong, a UC Davis undergraduate teaching assistant, stands in front of a chemistry support class and goes over a practice exam during winter quarter 2022.

How to Make Chemistry a Gateway — Not a Gatekeeper — to STEM?

by Becky Oskin, College of Letters and Science
June 08, 2022

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EPA Presents Green Chemistry Challenge Award to Chemistry Professor

by Andy Fell
June 07, 2022

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$2.7M Grant to UC Davis to Find New Addiction Treatments Related to Psychedelics

by Becky Oskin
May 23, 2022

How Bacteria Makes Copper into Antibiotic

by Andy Fell
November 17, 2021

Chemist Named Jefferson Science Fellow

by Becky Oskin
November 16, 2021

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Scientists Capture ‘Quantum Tug’ Between Water Molecules

by Ali Sundermier
August 25, 2021

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Lowering the Barriers to Undergraduate Research

by Becky Oskin
August 10, 2021

Three Grants for Biofuels Research

by Andy Fell
June 29, 2021

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PsychLight Sensor to Enable Discovery of New Psychiatric Drugs

by Andy Fell
April 28, 2021

A New Natural Blue for Food Coloring

by Andy Fell
April 07, 2021

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New Compound Related to Psychedelic Ibogaine Could Treat Addiction, Depression

by Andy Fell
December 09, 2020

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Using Machine Learning to Predict Properties of Complex Materials

by Andy Fell
July 03, 2020

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$1M Grant for UC Davis-Led Online Learning Project

by Becky Oskin
March 25, 2020

Scientist Carlito Lebrilla in his lab at UC Davis.

Changes in Surface Sugarlike Molecules Help Cancer Metastasize

by Andy Fell
March 24, 2020

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Synthetic Version of CBD Treats Seizures in Rats

by Andy Fell
May 28, 2019

UC Davis chemist Marie Heffern is pioneering a new field, metalloendocrinology, exploring how metals such as iron, zinc and copp

Metals Influence C-Peptide Hormone Related to Insulin

by Andy Fell
May 16, 2019

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Research ‘Madness’ Includes UC Davis Entry

by Andy Fell
February 26, 2019

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Grant to Expand Free STEM Textbook Project

by Andy Fell
October 09, 2018

THE DOWNLOAD: Sweet Potato Leaves, Football, Chemistry

by Cody Kitaura/Dateline
October 02, 2018

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Psychedelic Drugs Change Structure of Neurons

by Andy Fell
June 12, 2018

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