We could be one step closer with the discovery of a new variety of corn.

An algorithm that can already detect fake news stories with 75 percent accuracy gets a boost from Snap Research.

A new study has a reassuring message for parents of college-age children: You’re probably underestimating their loyalty to you.

When people are in awkward social situations, their phones offer comfort and relieve feelings of isolation — without even turning them on.

Carrying instruments built by Berkeley scientists, NASA plans to launch Earth’s first spacecraft to venture inside the orbits of Venus and Mercury to touch the very edge of the sun’s fiery corona.

New findings challenge the popular notion that we rely on our "guts" and don't think through challenging questions of right and wrong.

Engineers are working to create a foldable, packable way to generate power from the sun.

Only 13 percent of the ocean can still be classified as wilderness.

People around the world know genuine laughter when they hear it. Do you? Take the test.

A new screening method shows that we may have more exposure to industrial chemicals than we thought.

Advances in patient care have already begun, thanks to UC's innovative approach to clinical data.

UC Davis shark-tagging research helps make North America's biggest marine protected area seven times larger.