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Isabel Crook, 107, Dies; Her Life in China Spanned a Century of Change
Mrs. Crook’s most recent book is “Prosperity’s Predicament: Identity, Reform, and Resistance in Rural Wartime China (1940-1941),” which is based on her prewar field notes. One of its editors, Gail Hershatter, a history professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, said the book offers a unique look at a rural society that even in…
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The next pandemic could wipe out crops, not people
Disease-resistant plants can alter airflow in ways that keep plants dry and healthy and create physical barriers that block pathogen movement. Especially if they’re tall, resistant plants can act like fences that diseases have to hop over. “Somebody did a nice experiment taking dead corn stalks and just plopping them in the bean field,” says…
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In the face of sea level rise, can we reimagine California's vanishing coastline?
This LA Times feature follows Gary Griggs, an oceanographer at UC Santa Cruz, as he explains issues of erosion on California's coasts and the sacrifices that must be made to address them. This feature is an excerpt of an upcoming book, "California Against the Sea: Visions for our Vanishing Coastline."
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Supermassive black hole chews up huge star, spits stellar 'guts' into space
"Observing the destruction of a massive star by a supermassive black hole is spellbinding because more massive stars are expected to be significantly less common than lower-mass stars," said Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz of the University of California, Santa Cruz, a co-author of the study.
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These Animals Are Already Adapting to a Changing Climate
“Flexibility has been really important for them to overcome prey changes because of climate change,” Ana Valenzuela-Toro, the author of the study and researcher at the University of California, Santa Cruz, said. “I tend to think of California sea lions as the raccoons of the sea.”
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Smart Gateways into the Lab of the Future
Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Sofie Salama and Distinguished Professor of Biomolecular Engineering David Haussler spoke about the smart technology behind growing brain organoids in their Braingeneers lab on the Scientist Speaks podcast.
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Barriers to Tenure and Promotion Persist for Psychology Faculty of Color
Inside Higher Ed interviewed Psychology Professor Margarita Azmitia about a new report from a committee she co-chaired about barriers to advancement for faculty of color in psychology.
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How the shift to electric vehicles is fueling the UAW strike
Grist interviewed Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies J. Mijin Cha about how working conditions at EV battery factories relate to the current United Auto Workers strike.
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Targeting health incentives in India
Assistant Professor of Economics Ariel Zucker joined VoxDev to discuss her research on personalized incentives for exercise among 6,800 adults with diabetes and hypertension in urban India.
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U.A.W. starts strike small, but repercussions could prove far-reaching
The New York Times interviewed Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies J. Mijin Cha for a story about strikes by the United Auto Workers union and how they relate to electric vehicle production. Additional coverage in In These Times presents a counterpoint to mainstream media narratives around the strikes.