Pheromone draws pesky, invasive Argentine ants to insecticide, eliminating need for indiscriminate spraying that can harm the environment.

Population geneticists find more evidence of in- and interbreeding between Neanderthals, Denisovans, other human groups.

Professor confirms that Turkish mural is a representation of an eruption more than 8,000 years ago.

Mosquitoes love the smell of our breath and skin. Researchers are devising compounds that they'll love a bit more.

Animals prefer low-salt foods over high. Fruit flies help unravel the underlying science.

Riverside biologist's new book proclaims 'vive la difference.'

Knowledge of the complex swimming patterns of human and animal sperm will improve could understanding of fertilization processes, with potential clinical applications.

Researchers uncover earliest tobacco use in Pacific Northwest more than 1,000 years ago.

Proof of Concept grants move research to market.

Napoleone Ferrara of UC San Diego and Shinya Yamanaka of the UCSF Gladstone Institutes among inaugural recipients.

Blame 'global worming' on the wrigglers: They increase greenhouse gas emissions from soils.

UCSF celebrates the strides it has made since it launched its Mission Bay campus a decade ago.