Author: Tim Stephens
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Arboretum director Daniel Harder weighs in on LBAM controversy
Daniel Harder, director of the UCSC Arboretum, received a flurry of media attention after he weighed in on a controversial state plan to eradicate the light brown apple moth (LBAM) using aerial spraying of a pheromone treatment.
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Two UCSC scientists appointed to Ocean Protection Council advisory team
Gary Griggs, director of the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS), and Mark Carr, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, have been appointed to the California Ocean Protection Council’s Science Advisory Team.
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Nearby star should harbor detectable, Earth-like planets
A rocky planet similar to Earth may be orbiting one of our nearest stellar neighbors and could be detected using existing techniques, according to a new study led by UCSC astronomers.
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UCSC’s health science programs are well established and highly regarded
Until recently, health-sciences research at UCSC has not had the same visibility as the campus’s famed astronomy and marine science programs. Although UCSC scientists have made important contributions in many areas of health-related research, and many are leaders in their fields, awareness of their work remains relatively low among people outside the sciences, even on…
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UCSC’s health science programs are well established and highly regarded
The recent attack at the home of a UCSC faculty member has brought a new level of attention to health-sciences research at UCSC, an area that has not had the same visibility as the campus’s famed astronomy and marine science programs.
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Biotech students learn about neglected diseases from alumna Nina Grove
As director of the malaria program at the Institute for OneWorld Health, alumna Nina Grove is involved in a unique public health project that is applying the tools of the biotechnology industry to the battle against one of the most devastating diseases in
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Rats on islands disrupt ecosystems from land to sea, researchers find
The ecological impacts of introduced rats on islands extend far beyond seabird nesting colonies, according to a new UCSC study that provides support for efforts to eradicate rats from the Aleutian Islands.
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Past greenhouse warming events provide clues to what the future may hold
Scientists studying an episode of extreme global warming in Earth’s past are piecing together an increasingly detailed picture of its causes and consequences.
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Earth scientist James Zachos elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union
James Zachos, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UCSC, has been elected a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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UCSC project aims to provide a virtual speech therapist via cell phone
UCSC researchers have received funding from Microsoft Research to develop a virtual speech therapist, accessible on a cell phone, to aid stroke survivors in Malaysia.
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Ocean scientist Mary Silver to give Rachel Louise Carson Lecture at AGU meeting
Mary Silver, professor of ocean sciences at UCSC, has been chosen to give the Rachel Louise Carson Lecture at the Spring American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly in May.
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Astronomers find one of the youngest and brightest galaxies in the early universe
NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have uncovered what may be one of the youngest and brightest galaxies ever seen in the middle of the cosmic “dark ages,” just 700 million years after the beginning of our universe.