Eleven professors, in a range of scientific fields, are awarded membership in prestigious academy.

Mental fogginess linked to chemotherapy may have roots in neurophysiological change.

How will we feed 8 billion people by 2025? Conference explores range of ideas.

Prolific, inspiring work by engineer Aydogan Ozcan earns him more than a measure of popularity.

"Open Chemistry" opens the virtual lecture hall to anyone -- for free.

Christopher Reynolds' vast music knowledge underscores his teaching talent.

New book explores the changing cultural scene in the iconic city since Hurricane Katrina.

Animal behaviorists tell all about choosing a feline for life.

David Delgado Shorter set up a wiki where speakers of languages at risk of extinction can post audio, chat or create a dictionary.

The UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group led effort to bring peregrine falcon back from brink of extinction.

Napoleone Ferrara of UC San Diego and Shinya Yamanaka of the UCSF Gladstone Institutes among inaugural recipients.

Law prof's new book predicts a grim future for billions of people in this century.