Science
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Six small planets orbiting a Sun-like star amaze astronomers
A remarkable planetary system discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission has six planets around a Sun-like star, including five small planets in tightly packed orbits.
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UCSC faculty mentor Intel science contest finalists
Two high-school students mentored by UC Santa Cruz professors are finalists in the nationwide Intel Science Talent Search competition.
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Arboretum propagates cuttings from the last wild S.F. manzanita
Arboretum staff propagated cuttings from the last known San Francisco manzanita in the wild.
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UCSC astronomers find most distant galaxy candidate yet seen
Astronomers have found what may be the most distant galaxy ever seen, about 13.2 billion light-years away.
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Physicist Bill Atwood shares Rossi Prize for work on gamma-ray telescope
The 2011 Bruno Rossi Prize has been awarded to UCSC physicist Bill Atwood, Stanford physicist Peter Michelson, and the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope’s Large Area Telescope (LAT) team.
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Earthquake expert Emily Brodsky featured in NSF lecture series
Seismologist Emily Brodsky is featured in the National Science Foundation’s “Voices From the Future” lecture series.
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Sandra Faber honored by American Astronomical Society
The American Astronomical Society has awarded the 2011 Henry Norris Russell Lectureship to astronomer Sandra Faber.
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Seymour Center presents lecture on jumbo squid in Monterey Bay
Squid expert Danna Staaf will discuss the invasion of Monterey Bay by jumbo squid in a public lecture at the Seymour Center on January 16.
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Astronomers release the largest color image of the sky ever made
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III has released the largest digital color image of the sky ever made.
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Top science stories of 2010 include UCSC research
Two stories involving UCSC researchers turned up on a wide array of lists of the top science stories of 2010.
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Fulbright Scholar Program funds prof’s environmental work in Chile
Environmental toxicologist Russell Flegal is busy with teaching and research projects during a six-month visit to Chile as a Fulbright Scholar.
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Recharge pond study reveals dynamics of water infiltration
An infiltration pond in California’s Pajaro Valley has become a laboratory where scientists are working to improve techniques for recharging the region’s depleted aquifer.