An outbreak of algae-produced biotoxins that attack animals'€™ brains also poses a grave risk to humans.

The soil that makes Napa Valley grapes so special also makes the region vulnerable to seismic activity.

Study is the first to quantify how quickly these “committed” emissions are growing — by about 4 percent per year — as more fossil fuel-burning power plants are built.

Scientists at the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory were alerted moments before Sunday morning's 6.0 magnitude temblor, courtesy of the ShakeAlert earthquake early-warning system.

The violence that turns a small-town protest into a fiery national spectacle like the one that has played out this month in Missouri is often unwittingly provoked by police, according to researchers at UC Berkeley.

Children’s social skills may be declining as they spend less time in face-to-face interaction due to their increased use of phones and other digital media.

The western U.S. is rising — literally — as water dwindles away. Scientists are using GPS technology to track the uplift from massive loss of water, estimated at 62 trillion gallons.

California will gain a new invasive species every 60 days. UC Riverside's Center for Invasive Species Research says some of these could lead to economic losses to the state of about $3 billion each year.

Weakness in the Android operating system was exploited through a very common app. Windows, iOS may be vulnerable too.

UC San Diego and other researchers find several loopholes in full-body X-ray scanners once used by the TSA and still used in courthouses, jails, and other government security checkpoints around the country.

Weather-related changes threaten key natural regulator of the region's water flow.

Navigation system helps diagnose, monitor and train patients with cognitive decline.