Author: Tim Stephens
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Adaptive optics pinpoints two supermassive black holes in colliding galaxies
Astronomers have used powerful adaptive optics technology at the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii to reveal the precise locations and environments of a pair of supermassive black holes at the center of an ongoing collision between two galaxies 300 million
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Large blooms of toxic algae in Monterey Bay are affecting marine animals
Researchers have detected large blooms of toxin-producing algae in Monterey Bay that appear to be poisoning marine mammals and seabirds.
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Frictional heating explains plumes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
Rubbing your hands together on a cold day generates a bit of heat, and the same process of frictional heating may be what powers the geysers jetting out from the surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
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Computer scientist Phokion Kolaitis elected to Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Phokion Kolaitis, professor of computer science at UC Santa Cruz, has been elected a Foreign Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters in recognition of his “outstanding academic merits.”
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Biology of aging is topic of Spring Synergy Lecture on Thursday, May 17
“Why We Age, What Makes Us Age, and What Can Be Done About It” is the title of the Spring Synergy Lecture by Marc Mangel, professor of applied mathematics and statistics.
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UCSC biologist Robert Edgar elected to National Academy of Sciences
Robert Edgar, professor emeritus of molecular, cell, and developmental biology at UC Santa Cruz has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his distinguished achievements in original research.
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Phillip Berman appointed to Baskin Endowed Chair in Biomolecular Engineering
UC Santa Cruz has appointed Phillip Berman, professor and chair of biomolecular engineering, to the Jack Baskin Endowed Chair in Biomolecular Engineering.
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David Draper named Fellow of the American Statistical Association
The American Statistical Association (ASA) has selected David Draper, professor and chair of applied mathematics and statistics, as a 2007 Fellow of the ASA.
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Myers Trust awards grants to 11 UCSC students for marine research
The Dr. Earl H. Myers and Ethel M. Myers Oceanographic and Marine Biology Trust of Pebble Beach has granted $13,500 to 11 UCSC students conducting research in marine science.
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Astronomer Garth Illingworth testifies on Capitol Hill
Garth Illingworth, professor of astronomy and astrophysics, testified before a congressional subcommittee last week at a hearing on NASA’s space science programs.
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UCSC astronomer Douglas Lin appointed director of Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics in China
Douglas Lin, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UCSC, has been named founding director of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA) at Peking University in Beijing, China.
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Infectious disease expert to discuss deadly epidemics in public lecture at UCSC on Tuesday, May 22
Dr. Donald P. Francis, executive director and chief medical officer of Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, will discuss “Confronting Deadly Epidemics Around the World” in a free public lecture at UC Santa Cruz on Tuesday, May 22.