UC Santa Cruz |
Meet your long-lost cousin, the comb jelly
Found in oceans around the globe, invertebrate comb jellies have been proven to be the sibling group to all other animals.
UC Santa Cruz |
Human pangenome reference will enable more complete and equitable understanding of genomic diversity
UC Santa Cruz scientists, along with a consortium of researchers, have released a draft of the first human pangenome — a new, usable reference for genomics that combines the genetic material of 47 individuals from different ancestral backgrounds to allow for a deeper, more accurate understanding of worldwide genomic diversity.
UC Newsroom |
UC’s wild, wonderful natural reserves
Steve Monfort, executive director of the UC Natural Reserve System, shares why biodiversity is the key to our future and how UC’s reserves are its best-kept secret.
UC San Francisco |
California’s anti-smoking push spurs big savings on health costs
For every dollar the state spent on smoking control, health care costs fell by $231.
UC Santa Barbara |
Chasing one of biology's biggest goals: Filming proteins in motion
A UC Santa Barbara team has made strides in addressing one of the grand challenges of modern science: recording proteins in motion in a lifelike environment.
UC San Diego |
The future of drug discovery may be in space. UC San Diego’s new astrobiotechnology hub is set to explore it.
Leaders in academia, biotechnology and aerospace industries unite in their mission to advance stem cell science in space.
UC Santa Cruz |
Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice age, study finds
New research shows the Bering Strait remained flooded until around 35,700 years ago, not long before humans began migrating into the Americas.
UC Berkeley |
Physics Nobel recognizes UC Berkeley experiment on ‘spooky action at a distance’
John F. Clauser and the late Stuart Freedman carried out the first experiment to show the ‘weirdness’ of quantum physics.
UC Berkeley |
Could this new process finally turn polyethylene bags, plastics into something useful?
A promising new method for breaking down plastic would finally allow us to do something useful with hard-to-recycle waste.
UC Berkeley |
How Saturn got its rings
The dramatic rings of Saturn and its trademark tilt have long puzzled astronomers. Scientists may now have the answer to both — Chrysalis.
UC Berkeley |
Secret behind ‘nic-sickness’ could help break tobacco addiction
The brain’s dopamine network activated by high doses of nicotine could be tweaked to help people kick the habit.
UC Office of the President |
Astrophysicist Bruce Macintosh appointed director of UC Observatories
University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., has appointed Dr. Bruce Macintosh director of UC Observatories (UCO), an astronomical research unit serving nine UC campuses, headquartered at UC Santa Cruz. Dr. Macintosh will begin his five-year term Sept. 1, 2022. He will also join the UC Santa Cruz faculty as a professor of astronomy and astrophysics. As director, Dr.