Author: Tim Stephens
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Comic-Con panel features games program director Michael John
Panelists will discuss the upcoming release of a remastered version of the Spyro the Dragon series of videogames, which John worked on 20 years ago as a designer and producer.
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VERITAS supplies critical piece to neutrino discovery puzzle
The VERITAS array has confirmed the detection of gamma rays from the vicinity of a supermassive black hole that is potentially the first known astrophysical source of high-energy cosmic neutrinos.
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Basic research in fruit flies leads to potential drug for diseases afflicting millions
A promising drug to treat river blindness and other neglected tropical diseases caused by filarial worms is now in preclinical development.
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‘Electrogeochemistry’ captures carbon, produces fuel, offsets ocean acidification
Researchers analyzed the global potential for ‘negative emissions energy’ using electricity from renewable sources to generate hydrogen fuel and capture carbon dioxide.
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Astronomer Alexie Leauthaud wins DOE Early Career Award
The award from DOE’s Early Career Research Program supports Leauthaud’s research on dark energy.
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Climate scientist Nicole Feldl wins NSF CAREER Award
NSF grant includes funding for climate research and for a cross-disciplinary environmental game project for students to develop a learning game about climate science.
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Biomolecular engineer Angela Brooks named Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
Brooks will receive a $300,000 award over four years to support her research on how mutations associated with cancer cause changes in gene expression.
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Dust clouds can explain puzzling features of active galactic nuclei
Mysterious features seen in light emitted from active galactic nuclei may be due to partial obscuration by dust clouds, according to new study.
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Climate scientist James Zachos appointed to Ida Benson Lynn Endowed Chair in Ocean Health
Zachos has spent his career studying episodes of climate change in Earth’s distant past and their relevance to current global warming.
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Master’s degree approved for Science Communication Program
The UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program will award students a M.S. degree in science communication starting in fall 2018.
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UC Santa Cruz offers new major in environmental sciences
UC Santa Cruz has approved a new interdisciplinary major in environmental sciences leading to a B.S. degree.
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Biochemist Carrie Partch honored for research on biological clocks
The latest findings from Partch’s lab have resolved a longstanding question about how the timing of our biological clocks is regulated.