Pilot program, based on a course developed at UC San Francisco, will help entrepreneurs commercialize their technology.

Solar Decathlon competitors aim to make zero-net-energy homes more affordable.

Earth's last magnetic reversal took place 786,000 years ago and happened very quickly, in less than 100 years.

Statewide investment tops $2.2 billion since July 2000, with the 'multiplier effect' suggesting the impact is even greater.

Despite declines in numbers of smokers, related diseases account for one in seven deaths in the state — more than from AIDS, influenza or diabetes.

UC is active in the battle against the deadly virus, now in its most widespread outbreak.

Researchers have used light to erase specific memories in mice, and proved a basic theory of how different parts of the brain work together to retrieve episodic memories.