Algae, not clarity, is the key factor in the lake's azure waters.

Wildfires in California’s fabled Sierra Nevada mountain range are increasingly burning high-elevation forests, which historically have seldom burned,

UCLA/Penn team won first place at RoboCup, a global robot soccer tournament held in China.

Sociologists debunk idea that Asian American academic achievement is due to unique cultural traits or values.

Augmented Reality Sandbox lets users sculpt mountains, canyons and rivers, then fill them with water or even create erupting volcanoes.

Blum Center contest winner aims to remove excess fluoride from drinking water.

Keck Foundation pledges $2 million to create full-scale human genome map.

Siberians moved into North America in a single wave less than 23,000 years ago.

Consumers soon may be able to hit “print” to create an electronic circuit or wireless sensor in the comfort of their homes.

Breakthrough Prize founder Yuri Milner joins 10-year commitment to ramp up SETI.

When Min Cho started researching protein translational mechanisms in blood cancers, it was just an abstract concept. His perspective changed when he was diagnosed with a rare blood disease.

A team of electrical engineers at UC San Diego has created a design to transform a thin sheet of Teflon into a cloak that's less detectable to wave frequencies, like light and radar.