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UC Santa Cruz researchers collect more than 10 million coronavirus variants
The San Jose Mercury News covers the achievement by researchers at the UCSC Genomics Institute to organize 10 million sequences of COVID-19’s genomic code into a phylogenetic tree.
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What Polar Bear Genomes May Reveal About Life in a Low-Ice Arctic
Biologist Beth Shapiro was featured in a Wired article about her research on polar bear genomes.
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Sri Lanka’s economy has ‘completely collapsed,’ prime minister says
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh spoke with The Washington Post about the state of Sri Lanka's economy and the role that international financial help could potentially play in the country's recovery.
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Are Black Businesses Ready For Another Recession?
Economics Professor Rob Fairlie spoke with Forbes about his research on the pandemic's impacts on Black-owned businesses and how a recession could affect these businesses.
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Women scientists don’t get authorship they should, new study suggests
Earth scientist Tamara Pico was quoted in a Science magazine story about research suggesting that women are less likely to be credited as authors of scientific papers than men in their research group at the same career stage.
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One family, three generations of cancer, and the largest concentration of oil refineries in California
Assistant Professor of Sociology Hillary Angelo discussed her research on climate action planning in California as part of a story on the impacts of fossil fuel industry pollution published in Grist and High Country News.
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Mangrove restoration efficiently reduces flood damage
Marine scientist Michael Beck was quoted in coverage of his research on the cost-effectiveness of mangrove and coral reef restoration, including stories in Earth.com, PhysOrg, Science Daily, Prevention Web, EcoWatch, and other media outlets.
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Will these be the last polar bears on Earth?
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in coverage of her research on polar bears, including stories from the Atlantic, Washington Post, AP, UPI, Reuters, Yahoo News, The Times (U.K.), National (Wales), Science Daily, Nature World News, Earth.org, Lookout Santa Cruz, and other media outlets.
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A $100 genome? New DNA sequencers could be a ‘game changer’ for biology, medicine
Biologist Beth Shapiro and biomolecular engineer Mark Akeson were quoted in a Science article about new DNA sequencing technologies.
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‘Stronger Together’
UCSC Chancellor Cindy Larive discussed the creation of the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities with Inside Higher Ed. The announcement was also covered in NBC News, Insight Into Diversity, and Higher Ed Dive.