Berkeley, Irvine, Berkeley Lab, Davis, Merced and UCLA join forces in multi-million dollar effort to tackle water-related aspects of energy production and use. 

Humans just aren't cut out for tedious jobs like monitoring a computer screen — even if the consequences of failure are dire.

Initiative is part of $100M commitment to neuroscience by the Kavli Foundation.

Technology has greatly accelerated research on an ambrosia beetle that is damaging trees in Southern California.

Big data study will explore the developing minds and brains of 10,000 children.

Can mushrooms stop cell phone batteries from degrading over time? Engineering researchers at UC Riverside think so.

Researchers will build working models with Mexican counterparts and seek to pair with NASA to create space-friendly methods of health treatment.

Berkeley Lab gets $1.3M to study health impacts of the stubborn, noxious residue left behind from smoked tobacco.

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.