Solar laser beams will push that deadly space rock out of a collision course with Earth: It sounds far-fetched, but it may be closer to reality than one might think.

Hugs. High fives. Fist bumps. Touch is an essential part of how people communicate with one another. UC Berkeley psychology professor Dacher Keltner examined NBA games to see if there is a relationship between a team's success and how often they touch.

1 in 5 older adults have incomes above the federal poverty level, but still struggle to pay their expenses.

Researchers are studying the biological origins of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Virus turns host immune cells into suicide machines, using them to spread the virus and cause the progression from infection to disease.

Cutting-edge optical scanning technique developed by the Berkeley Lab promises to revitalize these old, fragile recordings. 

UC Irvine, UC San Diego receive renewed Clinical and Translational Science Awards.

$5M gift will seed Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation.

Synthetic microfish set the stage for 'smart' microrobots that can detoxify or deliver medications. 

Mindy Lubber and UC Irvine's Jay Famiglietti: Food production, the world’s biggest water user, is a major underlying cause of dropping water tables and sinking land in the drought-plagued Central Valley and around the globe.

UC San Diego tops assessment of contributions to the public interest for sixth-straight year and six UC campuses make top 20.

To most of us, dust is just something we clean off our furniture; but to scientists, dust can cause big problems in the lab. UC San Diego's Janelle Shane explains how just one of these particles can ruin microscopic components.