The devastating Loma Prieta quake was 25 years ago. Richard Allen, professor and director of the UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, discusses the lessons we've learned. (USGS photo)

Earth's last magnetic reversal took place 786,000 years ago and happened very quickly, in less than 100 years.

UC San Diego, UC Irvine and UCLA are among recipients who seek ways to handle data in search of medical discoveries.

Researchers have used light to erase specific memories in mice, and proved a basic theory of how different parts of the brain work together to retrieve episodic memories.

UC scientists were big winners in latest round of funding, with money going to projects at UCSF, UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Davis, UCLA, UC Irvine and UC San Diego.

Institute sponsors seminar exploring the solar industry present and future, and the many creative initiatives being developed by UC.

Global ocean warming appears to have been underestimated by 24 to 58 percent.

Curiosity, while perhaps still dangerous for cats, serves as motivation for humans to acquire and retain information.

High-tech collars enable scientists to record the energetics of mountain lion hunting behavior, showing how they overpower large prey.

Many white Americans are becoming less enthusiastic about diversity and multiculturalism as the U.S. moves toward becoming a minority-majority nation.

In a small-scale study, nine of 10 people with the disease displayed subjective or objective improvement in their memories beginning within three to six months.

Scientists have pinpointed the brain mechanism by which we latch on to a particular face, even when it changes.