Science
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Student entrepreneurs pitch business ideas at annual showcase in Silicon Valley
This year’s Business Design Showcase competition in Silicon Valley featured 16 entries.
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Alumni Weekend Teach-Ins, 2016: self-persuasion and woolly mammoths
Attention, Slugs. Legendary social psychologist Elliot Aronson and MacArthur “Genius” award–winning evolutionary microbiologist Beth Shapiro are about to call their Teach-Ins to order.
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Biologist Randy Schekman to give annual Sinsheimer Lecture on May 5
Nobel Prize-winning cell biologist will deliver the 2016 Robert L. Sinsheimer Distinguished Lecture in Biology.
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Alumni Weekend ‘bioblitz’ will document biodiversity on UCSC campus
Teams of naturalists and citizen scientists will fan out across campus to document the area’s biodiversity.
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Faculty experts share research, insight with public in Original Thinkers speakers series
The Original Thinkers speaker series, launched in May 2014, has faculty members traveling across the country to share their work and insight in a format designed for the general public.
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Lick Observatory field trip available to undergraduate students
Seeing and Knowing in Art and Astronomy offers undergraduates a chance to learn about the Lick Observatory’s history and take part in workshops.
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An eccentric ‘hot Jupiter’ yields clues to planet formation and evolution
Astronomers investigate how some gas giant planets end up so feverishly close to their stars.
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Study shows biodiversity benefits of removing invasive mammals from islands
A global study documents conservation gains from efforts to eradicate invasive species from island ecosystems.
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Current rate of carbon emissions is unprecedented in past 66 million years
New analysis shows that carbon emissions from human activities are moving the Earth’s climate system into uncharted territory.
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Coral analysis reveals how ocean ecosystems responded to climate shifts
Long-lived deep-sea corals hold clues to past ocean conditions in their growth rings.
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Pluto’s varied landscape reveals surprisingly complex geology
Pluto’s icy surface shows an astonishing variety of landscapes and evidence of active geological processes in images from New Horizons.
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Leukemia study reveals role of RNA binding protein in driving cancer
A protein abnormally expressed in cancer cells was found to promote the proliferation of B cells in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia