There's a new type of planetary object in town — a synestia.
Something new in the stars
UC Merced Library chosen to digitize AIDS historical archives
Effort will make hundreds of thousands of pages available to the global public.
Nearly half of California’s native salmon, steelhead and trout on track to be extinct within 50 years
The good news is it's not too late to reverse the trend.
Chemists create the ultimate natural sunscreen
Synthetic particles mimic the cell structures that produce melanin and protect our skin.
Cancer in the crosshairs
UC Santa Cruz is taking on cancer where it begins: the genome.
Call Mom?
More adult children are doing it all around the world, a new study finds.
New study shows how the brain encodes fear
Research could eventually help sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Scientists identify biomarkers to guide hormone therapy for prostate cancer
Study indicates that genomic test may personalize therapy for patients.
Nanofiber feels forces and hears sounds made by cells
UCOP-funded research opens doors to measure interactions that couldn't be tracked before.
Your sense of smell is more powerful than you think
UC Berkeley students make like bloodhounds in an experiment to demonstrate our olfactory powers.
New battery-free implant is powered by your body
Supercapacitor could make pacemakers safer and more durable.
4 out of 5 physician moms report discrimination, much of it based on motherhood
Longer paid maternity leaves, backup child care and lactation support are recommended in a new study.