Imperial Valley News Center
Forager bees ‘turn on’ gene expression to protect against microorganisms, toxins
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- Written by Pat Bailey
Davis, California - When honeybees shift from nurse bees to foragers, or from caring for the brood to foraging for nectar and pollen, the bees “turn on” gene expression with products that protect against microorganisms and degrade toxins, three University of California, Davis, scientists have discovered.
Community college programs drive higher incomes, especially among women
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- Written by Karen Nikos-Rose
Davis, California - Community college programs in career and technical education - especially in health professions - lead to significant financial returns, especially for women, according to a new policy brief by the UC Davis Center for Poverty Research.
Rat poison at marijuana farms is killing increased numbers of rare forest mammal
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- Written by Kat Kerlin
Blue Lake, California - The situation is growing worse for fishers being poisoned by rodenticides on illegal marijuana grow sites in California, according to a study by a team of researchers led by the University of California, Davis, and the Integral Ecology Research Center, based in Blue Lake.
Trans-Pacific Partnership likely to open markets but may produce tougher import competition
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- Written by Clifton B. Parker
Stanford, California - American firms, especially those in California, stand to gain if the Trans-Pacific Partnership is enacted, a Stanford economist says.
Stanford researchers develop new way to measure crop yields from space
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- Written by Laura Seaman
Stanford, California - As Earth's population grows toward a projected 9 billion by 2050 and climate change puts growing pressure on the world's agriculture, researchers are turning to technology to help safeguard the global food supply.
New 'tricorder' technology might be able to 'hear' tumors growing
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- Written by Tom Abate
Stanford, California - When Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy needs to diagnose an ill member of the Starship Enterprise, he simply points his tricorder device at their body and it identifies their malady without probing or prodding. Similarly, when Capt. Kirk beams down to an alien world, his tricorder quickly analyzes if the atmosphere is safe to breathe.
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