University of California San Diego alumnus Fred Ramsdell will be presented the Nobel Prize by the King of Sweden on Dec. 10 in Stockholm, Sweden. But getting the news about the life-changing award ...

O pening shot: distant stars are visible against an ink black background. In the foreground, something bright: a planet, a ...

The outlook for dementia care is changing fast. UC experts explain what that means for patients and families, and what it ...

Your skin is in a constant state of reinvention. Every month, your body sheds and regenerates its entire outer layer—a ...

Gratitude can even increase the plasticity of the brain. Gratitude isn’t only something we feel; it’s something we do. And ...

Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

Biochemistry is the study of the chemistry of the living world. Biochemists study organisms at the molecular level in order to understand how they carry out life processes. In laboratory experiments, ...

This course provides a survey of basic facts and principles of general, organic, and biochemistry. Topics include measurement, molecular structure, nuclear chemistry, solutions, acid-base chemistry, ...

Before wood stains and pigments, craftsmen relied on chemistry and patience. Ammonia fuming is a classic wood finishing technique that reacts with the natural tannins in oak, creating deep, rich tones ...

Experiments were conducted to investigate the effects on health of pregnant female rats exposed to pesticides glyphosate and carbendazim. Glyphosate is used as herbicide and carbendazim as a fungicide ...