San Diego, California - Light becomes trapped as it orbits within tiny granules of a crystalline material that has increasingly intrigued physicists, a team led by University of California, San Diego, physics professor Michael Fogler has found.

Los Angeles, California - A technique devised by UCLA researchers could help scientists better understand a tiny - but potentially important - component of next-generation electronic devices.

Los Angeles, California - USC and the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) have announced the selection of 11 researchers from Mexico will join USC this fall as part of a new initiative to jointly fund them as postdoctoral fellows for up to two years.

Berkeley, California - Katya Cherukumilli, an environmental engineering graduate student at UC Berkeley, won first place in the Designing Solutions for Poverty contest for her super-low-cost approach to groundwater purification in India.

Berkeley, California - It might not be long before consumers can just hit “print” to create an electronic circuit or wireless sensor in the comfort of their homes.

Berkeley, California - If you can’t tell a smile from a scowl, you’re probably not getting enough sleep.