Study will examine the role of epigenetics in allowing plants to survive in drought conditions.

System can be integrated into simple, portable instrument for use in field situations where rapid, accurate detection of the virus is needed to control outbreaks.

Bacteria, chemicals and trash often end up on Southern California beaches after it rains. To understand how this and other contamination ends up in the water, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is dying water pink. 

In the Central Valley, the Sierra and beyond, multicampus research initiative dives into state's drought issues.

Last year, UC San Diego’s V. ‘Ram’ Ramanathan had an audience with Pope Francis in the parking lot of the Vatican. Ramanathan, who serves on the prestigious Pontifical Academy of Sciences panel, delivered what he calls a ‘parking lot pitch’ to the leader of the Catholic Church. Here, Ramanathan describes this moment and how it may have influenced the Pope’s subsequent position on the matter. 

A quarter of the fish sampled at markets in California and Indonesia has consumed plastic or man-made fiber material.

Mind-controlled technology bypasses spine and creates gateway to a host of medical possibilities.

California sits atop a super-colony of meddlesome Argentine ants, and new research suggests they may be doing more harm than previously suspected.

A toddler-like robot allows researchers to confirm their findings — and to help study non-verbal children and adults.

UC Riverside professor receives National Science Foundation grant for research into survival mechanisms of plant species in California.

Research center's interdiscipolinary projects will focus on water for the next two years.

Machines much smaller than the width of a human hair could one day help clean up ocean pollution.