Stanford, California - New Stanford research shows that people may reject emotions shared with a group if they believe the group should feel differently as they do - especially in cases of injustice.

Berkeley, California - What if there were a pill that made you more compassionate and more likely to give spare change to someone less fortunate? UC Berkeley scientists have taken a big step in that direction.

Berkeley, California - The whirling, winged seeds of today’s conifers are an engineering wonder and, as UC Berkeley, scientists show, a result of about 270 million years of evolution by trees experimenting with the best way to disperse their seeds.

San Diego, California - When students ask Stephen Mayfield what to do when they graduate what sort of career would provide them with a decent income, expanding professional opportunities and a chance to give back to society, the UC San Diego biology professor is quick to respond.

Berkeley, California - Hard-wiring beetles for radio-controlled flight turns out to be a fitting way to learn more about their biology. Cyborg insect research led by engineers at UC Berkeley and Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is enabling new revelations about a muscle used by beetles for finely graded turns.

San Francisco, California - Russian émigré Pavel Semenovich Flider was arrested yesterday on charges that he and corporate co-defendant Trident International Corporation, LLC, illegally smuggled sophisticated electrical components out of the United States, and used laundered funds to promote the scheme announced United States Attorney Melinda Haag, U.S. Department of Commerce Acting Special Agent in Charge Joseph Whitehead, U.S. Homeland Security Investigations Acting Special Agent in Charge Tatum King, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David Johnson, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Director of Field Operations Brian Humphrey.