Donation from philanthropists Wendy and Leonard Goldberg could help alleviate suffering for millions worldwide.

With new genetic findings, researchers from UC Berkeley now have a better understanding of why some of us laugh more or are more easily embarrassed.

Technology firm co-founded by former faculty member and campus grew up together in San Diego

Grants totaling $4.8 million will foster multidisciplinary research in conservation biology, cultural preservation, agriculture, and the detection of dark matter.

Twenty of UC's most promising life-science startups competed for seed funding in the first primeUC competition at UCSF.

Crocker Nuclear Laboratory is now the prime contractor for both major federal fine particle air quality monitoring networks.

Effort will provide California growers with seeds for tomato, bean, pepper and other crop varieties.

UCLA Anderson Forecast expects steady employment gains in California through 2017.

Smartphone batteries begin to lose steam after a lot of use and need to be recharged more often. Portobella mushrooms could be the solution to this problem, according to UC Riverside researchers.

UCSF and the Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology among research groups partnering in effort to eliminarte virus.

Platform will enable smart devices to alert children based on their unique risk factors and environmental conditions.

Under current guidelines, the planet is on target to warm up by 2 degrees Celsius in 2050 and by 4 degrees in 2100, triggering serious large-scale problems by the end of the century. UC San Diego's climate scientist V. Ramanathan accurately predicted this trend back in 1980. He says that if we make an effort to adopt existing technology today, we might be able to change our course on climate.