UCSC in the News

The New York Times Green Blog wrote about research on mercury levels in coastal fog led by environmental toxicologist Peter Weiss-Penzias.

Hatching falcon eggs on a San Francisco high-rise attracted coverage in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, KION 46, KRON, and the Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal.The falcon nest can be viewed online via a web cam installed by the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group.

Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a New York Times article about coastal erosion.

Planetary scientist Jonathan Fortney was quoted in a story about the composition of Jupiter and other giant planets from Inside Science News and Daily Galaxy.

A ScienceNow article on nanopore technology for DNA sequencing discussed new findings from the UCSC nanopore group led by biomolecular engineer Mark Akeson.

VentureBeat wrote about the Digital Romance Lab led by Jane Pinckard, associate director of the Center for Games and Playable Media.

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