The soil that makes Napa Valley grapes so special also makes the region vulnerable to seismic activity.

Team led by UC San Francisco scientists has identified eight drugs, including antihistamine, that may stimulate nervous system repair in multiple sclerosis.

The violence that turns a small-town protest into a fiery national spectacle like the one that has played out this month in Missouri is often unwittingly provoked by police, according to researchers at UC Berkeley.

California will gain a new invasive species every 60 days. UC Riverside's Center for Invasive Species Research says some of these could lead to economic losses to the state of about $3 billion each year.