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Help a child reach the STARs

Local residents can help Yolo County kids reach for the stars by participating in the United Way California Capital Region’s third annual STAR Readers Book Drive, March 2-21. The drive benefits the group’s STAR Readers project, which is working to increase graduation rates by improving early reading skills. Two STAR Readers nonprofit partners in Yolo […]

February 27, 2014 | Posted in Local News | Tagged ,

Davis Media Access: Mother Falcon, mariachi and elections, oh my!

Last month, I wrote about the Washington, D.C., Circuit Court’s ruling on net neutrality, placing it in context of a landscape in which media consolidation has diminished relevant content for consumers while driving up prices. Soon after, news of Comcast’s bid to buy out Time-Warner surfaced, and this week, Netflix paid Comcast an undisclosed sum […]

February 27, 2014 | Posted in Columns | Tagged ,

Horse hormone find may aid human pregnancies

Identification of a new pregnancy-supporting hormone in horses has resolved a reproductive mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades, and it may have important implications for sustaining human pregnancies, reports a team of researchers led by a UC Davis veterinary scientist. Characterization of the hormone, dihydroprogesterone, or DHP, may lead the way to better hormone […]

February 27, 2014 | Posted in UC Davis | Tagged ,

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