When climate catastrophe looms, reporters and legislators call up UCLA’s Daniel Swain to explain what’s happening and why.

Scientists have engineered a way for a plant to show the presence of a banned pesticide in water without affecting its other functions.

Climate scientists and state officials gathered in Sacramento last week to kick off a new round of research projects funded by a $185 million partnership between UC and the State of California.

A new study coauthored by a UC Berkeley professor provides "seemingly incontrovertible proof" that humans arrived in the Americas thousands of years earlier than scientists have long thought.

“We're active in cultural revitalization, language revitalization, and doing this burn is one of those missing puzzle pieces,” said Robyne Redwater, whose family hails from villages in Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands.

José Hernández is the subject of the new feature film "A Million Miles Away," a story of resilience and achievement about his journey from working the fields of the San Joaquin Valley to fulfilling his dream of being a NASA astronaut.

The transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in the ancient Middle East began with a bang, according to new research from UC Santa Barbara.

UC-affiliated experts are a perennial presence on the esteemed annual list of MacArthur Fellows.

Biologists can infer trees’ desired conditions from their wood and leaves, according to a UCLA study. 

Combined with a seaweed polymer, a bacteria associated with algae blooms can actually make water cleaner — then eliminate itself when it is done.