Science
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Celebrating a shared cosmos and advancing Black equity in space science
Black in Astro, co-led by an astronomy postdoc at UC Santa Cruz, welcomes all to join the grassroots organization’s virtual conference to find inspiration and connection in a vibrant global community
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Celebrating the Class of 2026
UC Santa Cruz is highlighting some of the amazing students in the Class of 2026. Video vignettes will be published throughout the week.
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In Memoriam: Barry Bowman
For nearly 40 years, Barry Bowman and his wife, Emma Jean (Rusty) Bowman, worked side by side in UC Santa Cruz’s Sinsheimer Laboratories, conducting research to build our understanding of a part of the cell called the vacuole.
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RNA Center founder Harry Noller cements a legacy of brilliance and creativity
The visionary who discovered that RNA powers the ribosome now turns his focus to his other lifelong loves: his saxophone, vintage cars, and family.
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Bradley Colquitt wins McKnight Foundation award to continue neuroscience research
The Colquitt Lab studies neural circuits in songbirds to understand how complex behavior emerges and evolves
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The best pollinators can drive evolutionary changes in flowers, new study finds
Researchers find hummingbirds to be better pollinators of mountain flowers than bees, prompting the plants to adopt traits that favor the fast, feathered carriers over the fuzzy, buzzy ones
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The frontier of brain science: AI and organoid research takes center stage in Silicon Valley
At a meeting of minds, researchers discussed a platform that could finally reveal the intimate workings of the human brain, and what happens if we succeed.
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Ancient DNA offers hope for California’s critically endangered black abalone
UC Santa Cruz researchers have, for the first time, sequenced whole genomes from mollusk shells, unlocking 1,500 years of genetic history for a species on the brink
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Astrophysicist Stan Woosley awarded two of astronomy’s top prizes for seminal studies of supernovae
Longtime professor wins the 2026 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2026 Gruber Cosmology Prize back to back
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UC Santa Cruz partners with NASA’s Ames Research Center to create opportunities for students and research collaborations
The partnership, established as a Space Act agreement, builds on a collaboration between campus and the government research center that was first forged in 2003
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Astronomers clarify exoplanet atmospheres with new cloud-detection technique
Discovery led by UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. of daily cloud cycle on a hot Jupiter exoplanet provides unique window into its make-up
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Astrophysicist Stan Woosley awarded Gruber Cosmology Prize for theoretical work on supernovae
UC Santa Cruz professor shares one of cosmology’s highest honors with Alex Filippenko at UC Berkeley and Ken Nomoto at the University of Tokyo