Driven by Curiosity | UC Davis

Driven By Curiosity Articles

A crane fly on a green leaf, a person spraying cleaning solution, a molecular structure, and a brain illustration.

Egghead Weekend Basket for April 3

by Andy Fell
April 03, 2026

3D structural representation of a crystalline lattice with colored spheres and tetrahedra.

Light Bends Perovskite Crystal Lattice, Opening Way to New Devices

by Andy Fell
March 31, 2026

Close-up of a slender crane fly resting on a green leaf.

No, They Don’t Eat Mosquitoes

by Kathy Keatley Garvey
March 30, 2026

white sturgeon swims in aquarium

Where Do Sturgeon Go?

by Andy Fell
March 24, 2026

A subadult male elephant seal lies on the beach as sea lions are in the water behind him.

Egghead Weekend Basket for March 20

by Andy Fell
March 20, 2026

A worker in a helmet inspects large metallic pipes inside a tunnel.

A New Road Map to Room Temperature Superconductors

by Greg Watry
March 16, 2026

A brown snail on the edge of a ragged leaf.

Egghead's Weekend Basket for March 6

by Andy Fell
March 06, 2026

A brown snail on the edge of a ragged leaf.

Evolution of New Physical Traits in Mollusks has Declined and Grown More Predictable Over Time

by Greg Watry
March 04, 2026

Two young men in dark clothing lean over a bench and turn to face the camera. Between them is a black fin-like object.

Hawk Study Shows Potential Lessons of Bird Flight

by Andy Fell
March 04, 2026

A superhero runs toward a crowd, surrounded by abstract cosmic graphics and wave patterns.

Short Films Explore Quantum Physics

by Andy Fell
February 26, 2026

A person in a gray sweatshirt holds a peregrine falcon on their arm, with a neutral background.

Bird Flight Research Advances Drone Technology and Wild Raptor Care

by Andy Fell
February 23, 2026

Driven by Curiosity

A man with glasses stands outdoors, wearing a light jacket, with greenery in the background.

Sloan Fellowship for Quantum Sciences Research

by Andy Fell
February 17, 2026

A rectangular box filled with blue spheres on the left side and red spheres on the right. A narrow band of green spheres separates the two sides.

Chemists Provide New Evidence of Two Supercooled Liquid Water States

by Greg Watry
February 09, 2026

Close up of a circular plastic dish held by a hand in blue gloves. A pink gel runs down the dish.

Biologists and Engineers Follow Goopy Clues to Plant-Wilting Bacteria

by Andy Fell
January 23, 2026

A fuzzy yellow comma shape with a black circle in the center. Yellow/red colors are fanning out from the black disc. Background is black with white stars.

What Happens Inside a Black Hole?

by Greg Watry
January 21, 2026

View of rocky coastline and beach to left with island rocks among the surf to right.

Tiny Earthquakes Reveal Hidden Faults Under Northern California

by Andy Fell
January 15, 2026

A study participant listens to music while in rooms flooded with colors of blue, musted, orangish and red

Lighting Strongly Influences People’s Experience While Listening to Music, a New Study Suggests

by Karen Nikos-Rose
December 09, 2025

Driven by Curiosity

Two people wearing white lab coats and blue vinyl gloves hold a petri dish in front of the camera. Their faces are slightly out of focus.

Extracting Rare Earth Elements from U.S. Wastewaters

by Neelanjana Gautam
December 02, 2025

Honeycomb array of dozens of circular amber lenses in a white frame

LUX-ZEPLIN Latest: No Dark Matter Yet, But a Close Look at Solar Neutrinos

by Lauren Biron
December 01, 2025

Grey ball pitted with craters with large crater on right hand side. Background is black.

Looking Inside Icy Moons

by Andy Fell
November 24, 2025

Fossil remains of flower-like animals with stalked bodies on a brown rock background

How Earth’s Greatest Extinction Really Happened

by Greg Watry
November 21, 2025

A view of coastline with cliffs receding into the distance.

Rocks on Faults Can Heal Following Seismic Movement

by Andy Fell
November 19, 2025

Two researchers stand inside a greenhouse

What’s at Stake with Federal Research Funding Cuts

by UC Davis Staff
October 15, 2025

Driven by Curiosity

A large radiotelescope dish, white but lit by golden hour light, against a background of misty forested mountains.

Astronomers Find Mystery Dark Object in Distant Universe

by Andy Fell
October 09, 2025

Baseball flying through the air

UC Davis Researchers Look at How the Brain Prioritizes What We See

by Alex Russell, College of Letters and Science
September 23, 2025

Subscribe to Driven by Curiosity Content