Media Coverage
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‘Just an extraordinary time out there right now’: Santa Cruz County flower season in full bloom
Arboretum Director Martin Quigley was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about wildflower 'superblooms'.
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Will Earth ever lose its moon?
Astrophysicist Madelyn Broome was quoted in a LiveScience story about the moon's increasing distance from Earth.
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De-extinction: Bringing animal species back from the brink
Biologist Beth Shapiro was interviewed for a segment about "de-extinction" on CBS News 'Sunday Morning'.
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Meet the World’s Most Hard-Core Nappers
Biologists Dan Costa, Terrie Williams, and Jessica Kendall-Bar were featured in widespread media coverage of their research on the sleep behavior of elephant seals, including stories in the Atlantic, New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, BBC, NPR, Guardian, The Hill, Courthouse News Service, Reuters, Science News, New Scientist, National Geographic, Gizmodo, and many other media…
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Artificial leaf sensor could revolutionize crop management
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Marco Rolandi was quoted in an Advanced Science News story about his research with Professor of Environmental Studies Gregory Gilbert to create better leaf wetness sensors for crop management.
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Giant orbital magnetic moment appears in a graphene quantum dot
Physicist Jairo Velasco Jr. was featured in a Physics World article about his research on graphene quantum dots.
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Why the Bay Area is home to one of the most effective carbon sinks in the world
Marine scientist Adina Paytan was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the effectiveness of wetlands for absorbing carbon from the atmosphere.
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One penguin species declines, while another thrives on the western Antarctic Peninsula
Marine scientist Megan Cimino was quoted in a WHYY News story about how climate change is affecting penguin populations in Antarctica.
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Immunity Is a Matter of Timing
Microbiologist Jacqueline Kimmey was quoted in a Nautilus article about how circadian rhythms and time of day affect the immune system.
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Every base everywhere all at once: pangenomics comes of age
Associate Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Benedict Paten and Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Karen Miga were quoted in a Nature story on the emerging field of pangenomics.
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How a rural school teacher became a top COVID sleuth
UCSC Genome Browser Senior Software Architect Angie Hinrichs was quoted in a Nature story on citizen scientists who help track SARS-CoV-2 mutations.
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From Bullets to ‘Bird Residue,’ the Many Trials of Telescopes
Astronomer Michael Bolte was quoted in a New York Times article about the difficulty of protecting telescope mirrors from bird droppings and other hazards.