Smartphone technology will make it easier to expand early-warning networks.

The food and science folks at UCLA extend their expertise to cookies. Chemistry, they say, is the key to great baking.

UC Irvine study reveals bias against public transit trumps convenience and transit-first urban planning.

A stalled project to build two skyscrapers has become a symbol of whether developers can withstand the complications of working in quake-prone L.A.

Researchers estimate there are more undiscovered microbes on earth than stars in the sky, and UC scientists are part of the effort to illuminate this microbial "dark matter."

Making your own cheese and yogurt is all the rage. Now a UCLA scientist has taken the DIY craze to an entirely new level: making cheeses using the microcritters on human skin.

The microbial communities living on the surface of grapes may shape a wine’s terroir — the unique blend of vineyard soil and climate of every winegrowing region.

UC Davis scientists are mixing raw manure with salad greens in order to help protect us from E. coli and other food-borne bacteria.

Firms that engaged in prior socially responsible behavior are more likely to then engage in socially irresponsible behavior.

Nearly 30 percent of modern Native Americans' ancestry came from this youngster’s gene pool.

Could the microbes that inhabit our guts help explain that old idea of "gut feelings?" There's growing evidence that gut bacteria really might influence our minds.

For Old World primates, the variety and complexity of their facial colors and patterns play a major role in helping them identify members of their own species and communicate with one another.