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  • Researchers guide light through liquids and gases on a chip, a major step forward for optical sensing technology

    Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have reported the first demonstration of integrated optical waveguides with liquid cores, a technology that enables light propagation through small volumes of liquids on a chip. The new technology has a wide range of potential applications, including chemical and biological sensors with single-molecule sensitivity. “It is an…

  • UC Santa Cruz professor Bettina Aptheker receives California NOW Award for Excellence in Education

    UC Santa Cruz professor of women’s studies Bettina Aptheker has been honored with the “Award for Excellence in Education” by the California chapter of the National Organization for Women (CA NOW). Aptheker received the award at a luncheon held on October 13 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Sacramento. Former UC Santa Cruz chancellor M.R.C.…

  • New ‘Shock and Awe’ book explores political meaning of words

    Democracy, patriotism, family.these are words spoken with overwhelming fervor these days in the aftermath of 9/11, the invasion of Iraq, and the anticipation of the upcoming presidential election. But what do those words really mean? Apparently, different things, depending on your political affiliation. First book published by New Pacific Press in collaboration with UC Santa…

  • ATTENTION POLITICAL EDITORS: Experts available for election commentary

    With the presidential campaign entering its final weeks, the following experts at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are available for media interviews on the following topics: Bush vs. Kerry Michael Brown, professor of politics, can compare and analyze the candidates’ positions on domestic policies, including taxes, the federal budget and the deficit, and Social…

  • UCSC astronomer Claire Max receives 2004 E. O. Lawrence Award in Physics

    The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded the 2004 E. O. Lawrence Award in Physics to Claire Max, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Max, who is deputy director of the Center for Adaptive Optics at UCSC and holds a joint appointment at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,…

  • UCSC researchers to test new technologies for monitoring harmful algal blooms in California coastal waters

    Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have received a $400,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop an improved system for monitoring toxic algae in the coastal waters of California. The UCSC researchers will work closely with the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), testing new technologies and developing…

  • USDA grant funds UC Santa Cruz research with organic farmers

    With organic agriculture poised to represent 10 to 20 percent of California cropland by 2024, the federal government has tapped the University of California, Santa Cruz, to lead a research program that will give organic farmers the same kind of boost the university has given conventional farmers for decades. Strawberry and vegetable producers collaborate with…

  • UCSC physicist receives award to develop technology for neuroscience

    Alan Litke, an adjunct professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received an award from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience to support an interdisciplinary research project with neurobiologist E. J. Chichilnisky of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego. The McKnight Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Award will provide…

  • UCSC seismologist Karen McNally receives University Medal from the National University of Costa Rica

    Karen McNally, professor emerita of Earth sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has received the University Medal from the National University of Costa Rica. McNally was honored in a ceremony on July 2 for her contributions in helping to establish a modern geophysical observatory in Costa Rica–the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa…

  • Growth study of wild chimpanzees challenges assumptions about early humans, anthropologists say

    A new study of wild chimpanzee growth rates, published in the Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that early human evolution may have taken a different course than is widely believed. The results challenge the assumption that human evolution followed a path from a chimplike ancestor to a transitionary…

  • Current problems of U.S. Senate rooted in history, says author

    The electoral college isn’t the only outdated political system that should be overhauled, according to a political scientist who says the antiquated ways of the United States Senate contribute to Congressional gridlock and thwart American democracy. Expert on U.S. politics available to discuss the U.S. Senate, electoral politics, and the presidency; see contact information below.…

  • UCSC scientist leads expedition to establish seafloor observatories

    UCSC scientist leads expedition to establish seafloor observatories

    An international team of scientists will investigate how water flows through rock formations beneath the seafloor during an eight-week expedition this summer to the eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the coast of British Columbia. It will be the first expedition of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), an ambitious new international…

Last modified: Mar 18, 2025