Author: Tim Stephens
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Biochemist Glenn Millhauser receives Outstanding Faculty Award
The annual award from the Division of Physical and Biological Sciences is the division’s highest honor for faculty achievement, recognizing combined excellence in research, teaching, and service.
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Kepler telescope captures extraordinary observations of a star’s death throes
Kepler’s observations of the supernova known as SN 2018oh showed an unexpected fast rise in brightness that may be an important clue to understanding the progenitors of Type Ia supernovae, which cosmologists use to study the expansion of the universe and dark energy.
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Study reveals importance of ‘cryptic connections’ in disease transmission
Innovative study of fungal disease in bats quantifies unseen interactions that play a key role in the spread of disease through populations and between species.
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Planet discovered orbiting the second closest stellar system to the Earth
Measurements from high-precision instruments, including Keck’s HIRES and Lick’s Automated Planet Finder, reveal a cold super-Earth around Barnard’s star.
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Escape responses of coral reef fish obey simple behavioral rules
Loom-sensitive neural circuits characterized in previous lab studies are shown to underlie complex evasive behaviors observed in a natural environment.
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Long noncoding RNA identified as a key regulator of inflammation
New findings add to growing evidence that previously dismissed “junk DNA” actually produces RNA molecules with important regulatory functions.
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UCSC chemists develop safe alternatives to phthalates used in plastics
Growing concern over the health effects of phthalates has spurred a search for alternatives that can add flexibility to plastics without leaching out.
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Exhibit showcases art inspired by the UC Santa Cruz Natural Reserves
‘Reserves of Inspiration: Exploring UC Santa Cruz Natural Landscapes’ opens November 6 at the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery in Cowell College.
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UCSC interns among top high school presenters at Sigma Xi Student Research Conference
Five high school students participating in UCSC’s Science Internship Program took top honors for geosciences and for physics and astronomy in the high school division.
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Student team creates Stumpjumper videogame for Specialized bicycle company
‘Stumpjumper: The Videogame’, developed by a team of UCSC game design students, was released October 11.
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NSF honors astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz among Hispanic leaders in science
In recognition of their efforts and Hispanic Heritage Month, the National Science Foundation profiled eight leaders in their fields.
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Gary Griggs covers region’s history of natural disasters in new book
Griggs puts the natural disasters of recent decades into historical context in his latest book, ‘Between Paradise and Peril: The Natural Disaster History of the Monterey Bay Region.’