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Researchers Announce Findings on Self-Compatible Almond Variety
If you're an almond grower, a beekeeper, or someone interested in almond pollination, you'll want to read what a team of six researchers discovered--and maybe share feedback. The six-member team, including Elina Lastro Niño, associate professor of UC Cooperative Extension, UC...
A honey bee buzzes over an almond branch on its way to pollinate another blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Congratulations to Medical Entomologist Thomas W. Scott, a Top-Cited Researcher
Congratulations to medical entomologist Thomas W. Scott, named one of the 11 UC Davis researchers on the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers list by the Web of Science Group, the information and technology provider for the global scientific research community. It's an honor...
UC Davis medical entomologist Thomas Scott (center) and his field site director Amy Morrison with their mosquito collector and data management teams in Iquitos, Peru. (Photo courtesy of Thomas Scott lab)
Stop and Smell the Rosemary
There's been a lot of talk lately about rosemary. Sniff the fragrance of the herb and it will improve your memory. That's what's being said. Researchers from the Brain, Performance and Nutrition Center, Northumbria University, United Kingdom, discovered that the chemical compound 1,8-cineole...
A honey bee foraging on rosemary. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Take a look at the insect below. "It's a cricket," you say. Correct. It is a cricket. But it doesn't belong there. Why? It's the wrong cricket. It's not a "field cricket" but a "house cricket." House crickets don't "belong" on flowers. They're reared in many parts of the world as food for...
What's wrong with this picture? This is not a field cricket but a house cricket. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A honey bee and a cricket sharing the same blanket flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Observing Bay Area World Malaria Day
The statistics are alarming. "Every 45 seconds a child in Africa dies from malaria, a disease spread by a single mosquito bite. There are more than 200 million cases of malaria each year, and nearly 1 million of those infected die from the disease — most of them children under the age...
A malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, feeding on human blood. (Photo by Anthony Cornel)
