Americans are demanding spicy food now more than ever, and it’s getting the attention of food manufacturers, industry analysts and researchers.

UC San Diego Chancellor Khosla: Californians contribute about 7 percent of UC San Diego’s nearly $4 billion budget, a percentage that has fallen steadily over the last decade as the state continues to “disinvest” in higher education.

UC Food Observer catches up with UC Berkeley's Michael Pollan, who has plenty to say on food, agriculture and public policy.

UC Davis' Nelson Gallery is home to the UC Davis Fine Arts Collection — more than 5,000 works, including the work of Davis’ own faculty associated with the California Funk art movement: Arneson, Thiebaud, Wiley, Gilhooley, de Forest and more. Another example of the power of public.

Researchers are leading two of the health studies NASA commissioned to co-monitor astronaut Scott Kelly in space and his identical twin brother, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, on the ground.

UC Davis' Pamela Ronald helped find the key to disease- and flood-resistant rice. Her next goal? How to feed the world's growing population without further destroying the environment.

UCSF's Smokefree Movies site lets moviegoers know which films do or don't feature tobacco use. It's part of a campaign to get the MPAA to apply the 'R' rating to films with smoking.

Farmers get a buzz from growing specialty crop.

In drought conditions, natural processes kick in to keep plants alive until they can be watered again. But UC Riverside's Sean Cutler knows that with the help of protein engineering, some plants can last even longer.

UC San Diego’s California Center for Algae Biotechnology aims to 'train a little algae to do pretty much whatever we want.'