Universities across the country have developed entre­pre­neur­ship programs aimed at encouraging students and faculty to turn ideas into actual companies. Now, an increasing number of them also are giving money to help those businesses get started.

With venture capital for clean energy investments drying up, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is nurturing entrepreneurs.

Elizabeth Loftus, a professor of psychology and social behavior at UC Irvine School of Law, discusses the phenomenon of false memory.

Janet Napolitano and Mark Yudof discuss the challenges facing America’s higher education system and, in particular, the University of California.

Among them: impacting college access at scale. Example: More than 40 percent of UC undergrads receive Pell grants, and 78 percent of these students graduate in four years. UC has made this possible by increasing the amount of time faculty spend teaching classes and advising students.

After starting the new year with a dry month, California soon will be falling off the wagon. Scientists have been tracking a tentacle of moisture-laden tropical air—a so-called atmospheric river—that’s supposed to make it rain.

Researchers analyzed DNA from hundreds of melanoma tumors to figure out specifically what drives the disease. They say it could ultimately help treat this deadly form of cancer and others.