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The Hunt for a Fundamental Theory of Quantum Gravity
For mathematical convenience, Bousso assumed that there’s an unlimited variety of particles—an unrealistic assumption that makes some physicists wonder whether this third layer matches reality (with its 17 or so known particles) any better than the second layer does. “We don’t have an infinite number of quantum fields,” said Edgar Shaghoulian, a physicist at the…
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Astronomers discover strange solar system body dancing in sync with Neptune: ‘Like finding a hidden rhythm in a song’
“This new motion is like finding a hidden rhythm in a song we thought we knew,” team member and University of California, Santa Cruz scientist Ruth Murray-Clay said. “It could change how we think about the way distant objects move.” Additional coverage in IFL Science.
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Evolution in overdrive as Baltic cod shrink due to fishing pressure, study shows
“The study is a wonderful example of genomic time travel,” said Malin Pinsky, an associate professor of biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and co-author of the 2023 paper. “The broad message that humans are altering the course of evolution resonates far beyond Baltic cod,” Pinsky, who wasn’t involved in this study, added.
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State funding awarded to joint UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis medical program
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered the official announcement of the PRIME Central Coast Partnership.
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Texas is trying a new kind of death row – one with a sense of community
“The basic harmfulness of solitary confinement is now a largely settled scientific fact,” said University of California, Santa Cruz psychology professor Craig Haney.
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New video game to help people prepare for wildfires
NBC Bay Area features games for community wildfire resilience created by Ph.D. student MJ Johns and Professor of Computational Media Katherine Isbister.
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‘It’s just a weird, weird bird’: Why we got the dodo so absurdly wrong
“The dodo laid a single egg in a nest on the ground, which made these eggs particularly vulnerable to predation by introduced species like rats and pigs, which arrived on Mauritius at the same time as people,” says Beth Shapiro, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California-Santa Cruz.
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The spectacle presidency: How Trump governs through distraction
Nolan Higdon, a lecturer at Merrill College and the Education Department, argues that the phrase “about two weeks” has become a hallmark of Trump’s communication style.
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UC Santa Cruz researcher develops innovative CRISPRware software
Eric Malekos, a graduate student in biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz with a background in computer science and mathematics, along with fellow Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Department Ph.D. student Christy Montano A Ph.D., has created an innovative software program called CRISPRware, which makes the process of gene editing faster and easier for researchers,…
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Blue States Invest Retirees’ Savings in Firms Boosting Trump’s Extreme Agenda
Mike McCarthy, director of UC Santa Cruz’s Community Studies Program, noted the “tremendous lack of democracy in [pension] funds,” adding: “There’s a lack of any oversight from workers about how these funds are invested.”