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UC Santa Cruz Scientists Slither Into the History Books with First Complete Genome of a Banana Slug

Not only is the banana slug the endearing mascot for UC Santa Cruz 鈥� making the project fitting for campus researchers 鈥� but the slugs鈥� unique slime was a particularly challenging undertaking for UCSC鈥檚 experts in genomics.
4-Feb-2025 8:10 PM EST Add to Favorites

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New Research and Art Instillation Demonstrates the Viability of Using Fog as a Water Source

In a state known for its droughts, where the southern half recently experienced devastating fires, understanding California鈥檚 natural water sources is more important than ever. Three University of California, Santa Cruz professors have teamed up...
4-Feb-2025 9:10 AM EST Add to Favorites

New Data Shows How 鈥楻age Giving鈥� Boosted Immigrant-Serving Nonprofits During the First Trump Administration

Nonprofits that provide legal services for immigrants ended up receiving increases in public contributions in the wake of Trump's attacks on immigrants, demonstrating a backlash effect that's sometimes called 鈥渞age giving.鈥�
17-Jan-2025 7:00 PM EST Add to Favorites

New Strontium Isotope Map of Sub-Saharan Africa Is a Powerful Tool for Archaeology, Forensics, and Wildlife Conservation

A team of researchers led by UC Santa Cruz has mapped predicted bioavailable strontium isotope ratios across all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Archaeologists, conservation scientists, and forensics experts will now be able to match values from the map...
6-Jan-2025 7:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Will AI Tools Revolutionize Public Health? Not if They Continue Following Old Patterns, Researchers Argue

A new paper published in the journal Social Science & Medicine shares findings from an extensive literature analysis of AI鈥檚 current trajectory in health care.
8-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

An overlooked side-effect of the housing crisis may be putting Californians at increased risk from climate disasters

In a new article for the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UC Santa Cruz researchers laid out the foundation for their highly-anticipated upcoming study of how lack of affordable housing in urban areas of California may be...
14-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Singing from memory unlocks a surprisingly common musical superpower

UC Santa Cruz psychologists studied 鈥渆arworms,鈥� the types of songs that get stuck in your head and play automatically on a loop, to show that highly accurate pitch memory is much more common than might be expected.
14-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Smart microgrids can restore power more efficiently and reliably in an outage

It鈥檚 a story that鈥檚 become all too familiar 鈥� high winds knock out a power line, and a community can go without power for hours to days, an inconvenience at best and a dangerous situation at worst.
1-Dec-2023 7:05 AM EST Add to Favorites


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Alo Slebir鈥檚 Maverick Move: UC Santa Cruz alum rides potential record-breaking 100-foot wave

UC Santa Cruz Alum Alo Slebir (College Nine 鈥�23, legal studies) may have surfed the biggest wave ever
4-Feb-2025 9:25 AM EST

Psychologist shares tips for children鈥檚 holiday gifts that challenge gender stereotypes

Thinking beyond the bounds of toy-related gender stereotypes can help kids get the broadest possible range of benefits out of their gifts this holiday season.
6-Dec-2021 7:05 PM EST

AXA Chair at UC Santa Cruz funds efforts to build coastal resilience naturally

Global insurance company AXA has established the AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience at UC Santa Cruz to support the work of Michael Beck, a research professor in the Institute of Marine Sciences and the Department of Ocean Sciences, to advance the...
1-Dec-2020 11:35 AM EST

UC Santa Cruz Professor Aims to Expand Science Internships for High School Students

Astronomer Puragra GuhaThakurta is using a sabbatical at Google to explore ways to expand and diversify the Science Internship Program for high school students that he started in 2009 at UC Santa Cruz.
10-Mar-2015 1:05 PM EDT

Election Experts Available to Provide Commentary and Analysis

From polling and party politics to taxes and global warming, the following experts at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are available to discuss the hot topics this election season.
22-Aug-2008 1:00 PM EDT

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