Triclosan, found in hand soaps and other products, is shown to hinder muscle contraction in animal models.

One way to reduce the deaths and disease from smoking is to show farmers how to change their choice of crops. A UCLA researcher has initiated successful crop substitution project in tobacco-rich China.

Despite an extreme weather year, overall clarity at Lake Tahoe improved in 2011.

Publicity over the past 25 years about the decline of amphibians worldwide has led to an explosion of research on the causes and exploration to find new species.

Study finds structural variations in the brain and mental processes among those who recall their lives perfectly.

Daniele Piomelli's work with endocannabinoids put him in the medical cannabis spotlight.

Neuroscientists have synthesized a chemical that, when injected into the eyes of genetically blind mice, makes their retinas light sensitive.

Survey polled industry professionals on how they think the market will change over the coming three years; many developers plan multi-family housing construction in coming months.

Using super-resolution microscopy and continuous fluorescent imaging, physicists have revealed the structure of bacterial biofilms, which are responsible for the tenacious nature of bacterial diseases such as cholera and chronic sinusitus.

International effort to find the elusive particle, thought to be a key to the Big Bang, includes a number of researchers from several UC campuses.

Biologists' finding points in completely new and promising direction for the development of drugs to treat metabolic disorders.

For the first time, dark galaxies — an early phase of galaxy formation, predicted by theory but unobserved until now — may have been spotted.