All 10 UC campuses are among the best universities in the world in research impact, with eight among the top 25 public universities in the United States, according to the 2025-26 Best Global Universities ranking from U.S. News & World Report.

With a curiosity-building app, researchers Madeleine Gross and Jonathan Schooler explore how personality can shift through small daily actions.

Research finds informal video visits are beneficial for humans and their pets.

Allison Harvey, a UC Berkeley psychology professor, says lessons from science can help everyone instill good habits — and even lead to more effective patient treatments.

UCSF researchers are scouring millions of compounds – with help from tiny zebrafish – to create anesthetics safe enough to use without an anesthesiologist.

By using a new way to measure psychopathy, Keanan Joyner says we could potentially decrease the cost of the disorder to the U.S. criminal justice system, estimated at $460 billion each year.

Hitting the gym at 5 a.m., passing on the dessert, and doing squats deskside are tactics some people employ to keep pain-free and nimble. Thankfully, this physician advocates an easier approach.

Rebecsinib’s power to stop deadly cancers in their tracks will enter Phase 1 clinical trial this year.

An AI from UC Irvine researchers doesn’t just chat. It remembers, it cares, and it might just help us save ourselves.

A curriculum overhaul and a post-pandemic need to reconnect have made music Cal’s fastest-growing major.

New research from UC Santa Barbara reveals that the atmosphere’s drying capacity is outpacing increases to rainfall.

Unlike existing treatments for Alzheimer’s that target unhealthy protein deposits, the new approach developed at UC San Diego could help address the root cause of the disease by influencing behavior of brain cells themselves.