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Wired
Deep Sea Hydrology Bolsters Case for a Hidden Biosphere
Hydrologist Andy Fisher was featured in a Wired news story about his research on water flow and microbial life beneath the seafloor.
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Natural History
Into the Blue Serengeti
Biologist Daniel Costa's research on the migrations of top predators in the Pacific Ocean was featured in an article in Natural History magazine.
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GigaOm
Why data is the key to better medicine–and maybe a cure for cancer
Biomolecular engineer David Haussler was featured in a GigaOm article about applications of "big data" in medicine. The Washington Post also ran the story.
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Santa Cruz Sentinel
UC Santa Cruz program receives generous gift from the father of fiber optics
The gift from Narinder Kapany to fund an endowed chair in entrepreneurship was covered by the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Monterey County Herald, and Laser Focus World.
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R&D Magazine
BioMAP could streamline search for new antibiotics
The BioMAP screening procedure for antibiotic discovery developed in biochemist Roger Linington's lab was covered by R&D magazine, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Medical News Today, Health News, Bio-Medicine, Science Daily, Infection Control Today, and Medical Express.
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Science Now
Glimmer of Hope for Fungus-Stricken Bats
There's very little good news with white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease spreading across the United States and Canada. But today researchers report online in Ecology Letters that one species of bat is reducing the risk of extinction with individual bats hibernating alone rather than in large groups.
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New York Times
A Planet ‘Just Right’ for Life? Perhaps, if It Exists
Forget about whether it can harbor life. Right now astronomers can’t agree whether a potential “Goldilocks” exoplanet even exists.
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The Atlantic
A Virtual Trip: New Grateful Dead Digital Archive Launches
No band deserves an online archive more than the Grateful Dead. As much lifestyle as musical outfit, the Dead influenced millions through their concerts and songs. A few years ago, the band selected the University of California Santa Cruz as the host for its history, and now the first fruits of that decision are available…
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NPR
Spray Lights Up The Chemical That Causes Poison Ivy Rash
Rebecca Braslau and her colleagues describe a nontoxic spray that will fluoresce in the presence of urushiol. Braslau has gotten the rash more times than she'd care to remember. She knows how to avoid the plants herself, but she has a problem. "My husband's a geologist."
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SF Chronicle
We must invest in our public universities
Our public universities are in trouble. Nationwide, they produce 70 percent of our college graduates. Yet, from coast to coast, unrelenting state budget cuts threaten the quality of our leading institutions, even as they force students and families to dig deeper and borrow more to pay the tuition.