Meet Kirsten Howley, the real-life Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory astrophysicist working to prevent “Armageddon,” as UC celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Feb. 11).

During any other year, these groundbreaking advances would have been big news. Here’s some of what you may have missed while you were busy washing your hands.

Jennifer Doudna, UC Berkeley and UCSF professor and Berkeley Lab faculty scientist, shares the prize with Emmanuelle Charpentier for their discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 as a tool for making targeted changes to the genome.

July is UV Safety Awareness Month. Everything you need to know to protect yourself is right here.

How UC research sounded the alarm on the ozone layer.

From destined for the drain to winning a Nobel Prize.

Forty with ties to the University of California recognized by the magazine as young leaders in their fields.

The multibillion-dollar settlement will trigger the release of troves of documents that may shine new light on what caused the opioid crisis.

Eliminating RNA amplification simplifies and speeds up assay for SARS-CoV-2 virus, making it ideal for point of care testing.

186 years after Darwin first described the Galapagos racer snake, Danielle Edwards seeks to rebuild their population by using DNA from one of his original samples.

Most animals prefer to work for their food. Cats are a notable exception.

Could modified venom from the Peruvian green velvet tarantula help end the opiod epidemic?