Biologists studying the endangered California condor have launched a new web site to enlist the help of citizen scientists in research aimed at reducing lead poisoning, the primary threat to condors in the wild.
A new game and online educational resources are offshoots of the open-source software package astronomers use to find planets beyond our solar system
Researchers studying the genetics of childhood cancers now have access to a large and growing set of genomic data through the Cancer Genomics Hub (CGHub) operated by the University of California, Santa Cruz.
For that special Christmas gift, how about saving an endangered species? That's the goal of the Real Seal, a 6-inch plush Hawaiian monk seal toy designed by monk seal researchers at UC Santa Cruz.
Two areas of expertise at UC Santa Cruz--genomics and data storage--are brought together under a new research agreement sponsored by Hitachi. The agreement provides funding for cancer genomics research and the development of a pilot information system for evaluating clinical and genomic data from cancer clinical trials.
UC Santa Cruz has hired Brenda Romero and John Romero, both award-winning game designers with decades of experience in the computer game industry, to lead the new master's degree program in games and playable media offered at UCSC's Silicon Valley Center.
A new crowdsourcing tool that gets students involved in grading, CrowdGrader allows students to submit their homework online and then distributes the submitted solutions anonymously to other students in the class for grading.
The Center for Research in Storage Systems at UC Santa Cruz was established through the National Science Foundation's Industry/University Cooperative Research Program.
A new genetic study of polar bears and brown bears upends prevailing ideas about the evolutionary history of the two species.
The Center for Games and Playable Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has appointed Brenda Romero (formerly Brenda Brathwaite) as a game designer in residence, the first such position on a UC campus.
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a new strategy for finding novel antibiotic compounds, using a diagnostic panel of bacterial strains for screening chemical extracts from natural sources.
UC Santa Cruz Library loans nearly 100 items to new major exhibit opening April 12 as part of 2012 Rock Hall of Fame Induction Week.
Nominated for a technical excellence award at the Indie Games Festival, 'Prom Week' is a game about social relationships driven by an innovative artificial intelligence system.
A new iPad game called Syz: EG, now available from Apple's App Store, showcases the professional quality of the work done by UC Santa Cruz students in the computer game design program.
The Bolshoi supercomputer simulation, the most accurate and detailed large cosmological simulation run to date, gives physicists and astronomers a powerful new tool for understanding such cosmic mysteries as galaxy formation, dark matter, and dark energy.
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are developing new microscope technologies to enable biologists to see deep within living tissues and observe critical processes involved in basic biology and disease.
In his new book, 'First Life,' biochemist David Deamer presents an engaging and accessible overview of research into life's beginnings and a personal history of his work in this field.
UCSC psychology professor finds national narratives in the Middle East overwhelm best intentions for understanding.
"Inventing the Future of Games," a day-long symposium in Silicon Valley sponsored by the UC Santa Cruz Center for Games and Playable Media, will gather some of the brightest minds of academia and industry to explore the possibilities of the next decade of gaming innovation and technology.
The seventh and last international centennial event celebrating the birth of renowned American writer and composer Paul Bowles will take place at UC Santa Cruz, Feb. 4–6. Conceived by a UCSC music lecturer and inheritor of Bowles' musical estate, the 3-day event will include rare music, film, art, and academic conference.
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