Science
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Study by UCSC undergrad shows a solar system gone wild
Research by a UCSC undergraduate has shown how the regular orbits of the planets could go haywire at some point in the far distant future.
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Three UCSC graduate students win big grants for biotechnology research
Three UCSC graduate students have been selected to receive training grants intended to hasten innovations in a variety of biotechnology-related fields. The two-year grants provide $50,000 per year for each student.
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Strange ring found circling dead star
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has found a bizarre ring of material around the magnetic remains of a star that blasted to smithereens.
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Peregrine falcons at San Jose City Hall draw crowds online
Wildlife biologist Glenn Stewart is both pleased and amused at the huge popularity of the webcams he has helped set up to allow people to watch peregrine falcons in action.
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Thirty-Meter Telescope focuses on two candidate sites
After completing a worldwide survey of astronomical sites for the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT), the TMT Observatory Corporation board of directors has selected two outstanding sites, one in each hemisphere, for further consideration.
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Moore Foundation renews support for marine microbiology research at UCSC
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a $4.8 million grant to UCSC to fund ongoing research in marine microbiology.
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UC Santa Cruz awarded $7.2 million grant for stem cell research center
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has approved a $7.2 million grant to fund a new stem cell research center at UCSC.
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UC Santa Cruz to lead pioneering study of pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains
A pioneering study of pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains will generate unprecedented insights into the behavior of one of the region’s top predators.
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Seismologist Thorne Lay elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Thorne Lay, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UCSC, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
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Astronomer Claire Max elected to National Academy of Sciences
Claire Max, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UCSC, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
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Compact galaxies in early universe pack a big punch
A team of astronomers looking at galaxies in the universe’s distant past have discovered nine young, compact galaxies, each weighing in at 200 billion times the mass of the Sun.
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Scientists obtain first direct observations of protein-synthesis mechanism
Research by UCSC molecular biologist Harry Noller and his collaborators has led to the first direct observations of the mechanism for protein synthesis in living cells.