Michele Roberts, N.B.A. union’s new leader and a Boalt Hall alum, confronts gender barriers.

First phase starts with a deep review of the university’s efforts to support sustainable farming practices – from the food served in dining halls to the success of student gardens.

UC San Diego researchers have developed a skin patch that monitors an athlete’s performance during workouts and generates electricity from the sweat.

Fine wines have unique chemical identifiers that could authenticate their origin and quality, UC Davis researchers and other scientists have found.

Drought, fire and climate change pose ongoing hazard for the West's ancient, towering trees, such as redwoods and giant sequoias.

UC Berkeley research: Peppers block pain and improve metabolism — both can boost longevity.

Two summers ago, the science world was agog over evidence of what seemed to be a long-sought elementary particle called a Higgs boson. Since that major discovery, UC Davis researchers have gone back to work to check out the finding.

Torrey Pines Mesa is home to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, part of UC San Diego.

Genetically modified bacteria and compounds that use electricity to power chemical reactions that produce fuel are some of the options explored.

Crop switching is one sign of a sweeping transformation going on in California, driven by a three-year drought that climate scientists say is a glimpse of a drier future.