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Scientific American
Earthquakes Release Energy Mostly Through Heat, Not Ground Shaking
A new laboratory study in AGU Advances finds that shaking accounts for only 1 to 8 percent of the energy released in an earthquake, while up to a whopping 98 percent of that energy dissipates as heat. One advantage of the work is that it used a new technique measures the alignment of magnetic minerals…
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KPIX-TV
Caltrans to reopen Highway 1 at Regent’s Slide in Monterey County in March 2026
Professor Gary Griggs estimates that large slides on Highway 1 in Big Sur each cost some $50 million to fix, and proposes a toll for motorists to travel the stretch of highway. Caltrans estimates the total cost of repairing Regent’s Slide at $82 million.
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KSBW
UC Santa Cruz engineers unveil AI wearable to speed wound healing
KSBW features a-Heal, a wound-healing device developed by Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Marco Rolandi, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mircea Teodorescu, Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics Marcella Gomez and collaborators at UC Davis.
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Financial Express
India in the cross hairs
In an opinion article, Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh argues that India should view the latest U.S. move on H-1B visas as a wake-up call to work on becoming a global skilling hub.
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SFGate
‘The Blob’ marine heat wave now spans an area the size of the US
Rachel Holser, a scientist at UC Santa Cruz who studies the California Current ecosystem, explained to SFGATE what scientists call the “blob” is a phenomenon best understood as a series of “distinct” heat waves. It first appeared from 2013 to 2015, followed by a second iteration in 2019, with each defined by its own conditions.
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KSQD-FM
Academic Freedom Under Fire with Scholar Bettina Aptheker
Distinguished Professor of Feminist Studies Bettina Aptheker recently gave a speech about academic freedom and its role in American universities. This radio segment presents that speech interwoven with Aptheker’s recollections of her life and career and her unshakable belief in the value of free expression.
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LAist
An interstellar object is passing through our solar system. This UC program says to stay calm and carry on
One of those scientists who you can shadow is Raja GuhaThakurta, faculty director of UC Santa Cruz’s department of Creating Equity in STEAM. For GuhaThakurta, who started the Shadow the Scientists program in 2020, the hysteria around the alien spaceship — or artifact — theory is not only misguided. “This kind of sensationalism ends up ultimately… causing…
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NBC Bay Area
Comedy fans express free speech concerns after ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel
Nolan Higdon, a UC Santa Cruz lecturer with Merrill College and the Education Department, expects that Kimmel’s suspension will have far-reaching impacts. Higdon noted that comedians and entertainers have historically played a significant role in debates around free speech in the United States.
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Education Week
Free-Speech Lines Blur for Teachers in Wake of Charlie Kirk’s Killing
The government’s move to revoke state-issued teaching licenses in response to teachers’ personal opinions posted to social media—notably not in the classroom or in public school forums—is part of a movement to curtail the free speech of Americans,” said Lora Bartlett, chair of the Education Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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Education Week
Getting Recess Right: A Researcher Shares Best Practices
Community-engaged researcher and professor of sociology Rebecca London recently spoke to Education Week about the role of recess. She addressed both best practices for recess—like how to structure it and when to schedule it—as well as the big-picture ramifications