UC Berkeley research: Peppers block pain and improve metabolism — both can boost longevity.

Two summers ago, the science world was agog over evidence of what seemed to be a long-sought elementary particle called a Higgs boson. Since that major discovery, UC Davis researchers have gone back to work to check out the finding.

Torrey Pines Mesa is home to Scripps Institution of Oceanography, part of UC San Diego.

Genetically modified bacteria and compounds that use electricity to power chemical reactions that produce fuel are some of the options explored.

Crop switching is one sign of a sweeping transformation going on in California, driven by a three-year drought that climate scientists say is a glimpse of a drier future.

Researchers found at least 10 percent of tumors - and possibly as high as 30 to 50 percent - would be identified differently if oncologists determined their diagnoses by a tumor's molecular makeup.

UCSF neurosurgeon and UC Berkeley engineering students join forces on a new and improved device to aid in stem cell treatments.