President Napolitano reflects on her first year at the helm of the University of California.

UC Santa Cruz researcher's finding that scars from environmental stresses can be passed on from one generation to the next proves to be an advance in the new field of epigenetics.

Jay Famiglietti's underground drought research is getting big exposure: The UC Irvine professor's team created this photo revealing, from satellite imagery, information on the drought's impact on water storage. The image graces the cover of the Sept. 26 issue of Science magazine.

How hot do you like your peppers? Researchers at the University of California are working the heat levels of the jalapeño pepper down to a science.

How cool is your roof? If you live in the California cities of Bakersfield, Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Francisco or San Jose, you can find out with Berkeley Lab's interactive map. It's part of the lab's heat island research.

A new study suggests that maintaining a healthy diet, exercising and sleeping well through the stressful times may buffer against the negative impacts of stress — on a cellular level.

Campus' largest solar generating facility is completely funded by student-proposed fees.