Efforts to predict the emergence and spread of sudden oak death, an infectious disease that kills oaks and other trees, have gotten a big boost from the work of grassroots volunteers.

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz and elsewhere are finding increased numbers of baby starfish in some locations. Juveniles may be less susceptible to the virus that has decimated sea stars on the Pacific coast.

At systemwide research communications contest, graduate students captivate audiences while sticking to the mantra: Keep it simple.

Seth Riley, who teaches at UCLA and works for the National Park Service, has tracked 40 mountain lions living in the Santa Monica Mountains.

Encryption system allows smartphone and tablet users to store data in one or multiple clouds without using a lot of a mobile device’s resources.

Worrisome news for potential missions to Mars: Long-term galactic cosmic ray exposure can cause permanent dementia-like cognitive impairments.

UC’s emerging scientists and scholars share innovation, expertise.

A next-generation experiment will create the largest 3-D map of the universe and help Berkeley Lab scientists get a handle on dark energy.

Graduate student Jason Davis doesn’t use a traditional lab to study prion diseases. Instead, he relies on computer modeling and applied mathematics.

Projects will speed development of new brain technologies, or ‘neurotechnologies.’

Behind the headlines is a more systemic problem of unconscious gender bias that impacts women entrepreneurs in every industry.

UC Davis veterinarian and neurotoxicologist are looking at neurosteroids as a possible common contributing factor.