Software reads children’s facial expressions to gauge their level of pain.

More than 90 percent of the United States can eat food grown or raised within 100 miles of their homes — a boon for nutrition, the economy and sustainable agriculture.

The brain has a major system that seems predisposed to get us ready to be social in our spare moments.

The resemblance truly exists, according to science. The question then becomes why. A UC San Diego social psychologist has a theory.

Stereophotogrammetry provides a unique window into clouds, thus improving climate models.

Pathogen found to infect larvae as well as adult bees — another factor implicated in colony collapse disorder.

That is, until they go against the norm: addressing transgender issues in children.

In a new study at UC Berkeley, researchers found people were more willing to distribute money equally when they were given tolcapone, an FDA-approved drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease.

Melbourne, Australia, cut its water use by half during its worst-ever drought without rate hikes.

Climate change is igniting a revolution in winemaking, and UC Davis' Andrew Walker is leading the charge.

California's college campuses are like mini-cities, and are on the leading edge of water conservation.

A new study demonstrates that an octopus’s skin possesses the same cellular mechanism for detecting light as its eyes do.