UC was granted 453 utility patents in 2014 for discoveries made by its researchers. As of June 2014, the university had 4,448 active U.S. patents in total.

UC Santa Cruz arboretum works with local tribes to apply traditional knowledge of forest stewardship to preserve water and create wildfire buffers.

Can science solve the public's revulsion to recycled water? A UC Santa Cruz professor strives to make it happen.

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

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.

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

Rock-bottom earnings all but guarantee a climate in which food servers put up with harassment just to eke out a living. UC Berkeley's Saru Jayaraman is trying to change that.

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.

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.

The Road Ecology Center tracks the unfortunate end for many animals and birds on California's roads. The center's California Roadkill Observation System produces an interactive map of roadkill around the state.

Pioneering UC research connects the dots between health and exposure to agricultural chemicals.