Far from balmy Santa Barbara, Umi Hoshijima is conducting ocean research in Antarctica.

An attractive alternate to regular paper, technology helps address increasing problems in environment and resource sustainability.

Technology to pre-correct displays on computer screens for vision-impaired users, developed by UC Berkeley engineers in collaboration with MIT colleagues, has been named one of the top 10 “world-changing ideas” of 2014.

Over time, the health status of immigrant groups tends to decline. Public health researchers are untangling the causes and promoting solutions.

Psychologist Dacher Keltner from UC Berkeley seeks to better understand why people evolved pro-social emotions like empathy, compassion and gratitude.

Clogged interstates aggravate clogged arteries, according to research by a UC Irvine graduate student.

To highlight the UC Global Food Initiative, here is a sampling of holiday-themed UC food research from each campus.

Teachers lose more instructional time due to poor access to libraries, technology and qualified substitute teachers than do their counterparts at more affluent schools.

Scientists remain puzzled over what triggered the current devastating outbreak, since virus that appears to cause the disease is not a newcomer.

Lightning strikes may increase by up to 50 percent in the U.S., caused by warmer temperatures associated with climate change.

New ‘microlattice’ helmet material would reduce head injuries, track collision impacts.

UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab's Jennifer Doudna and Saul Perlmutter, and UCLA mathematician Terence Tao share $3 million awards.