Research Highlights

Recent research news

New super-Earth planet found in habitable zone of six-planet system

An international team of astronomers has discovered a new super-Earth planet in the habitable zone of a nearby star. More...

UCSC engineers tackle big data

Big data projects include energy-aware storage, efficient data processing, proactive information retrieval, and cancer genomics. More...

American Mathematical Society honors three UCSC professors

Three UCSC professors have been named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society. More...

Image of hand shows progress toward proton radiography

Researchers developing a new medical imaging technology that uses protons instead of x-rays presented the first proton radiographic image of a hand. More...

Switzer Environmental Fellowship awarded to UCSC grad student

Priya Ganguli, a Ph.D. candidate in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, has received a Switzer Environmental Fellowship. More...

UCSC grad students launch cancer genomics company in Santa Cruz

The cofounders of Five3 Genomics, a new biotech company based in Santa Cruz, are former graduate students in the Baskin School of Engineering. More...

Astronomers uncover a surprising trend in galaxy evolution

A comprehensive study of hundreds of galaxies has revealed an unexpected pattern of change that extends back 8 billion years. More...

Giant impact scenario may explain the unusual moons of Saturn

The middle-sized moons of Saturn may have been spawned during giant impacts in which several major satellites merged to form Titan. More...

UCSC to host free public conference exploring philosophy in multicultural context

Is philosophical inquiry bound by history, geography or culture? Should the philosopher be responsible to the public? On October 20, UCSC will host a free public conference examining the relationship between philosophy and its multicultural context. More...

UCSC chemist develops spray to detect poison oak's toxic oil

Researchers have developed a spray that can be used to detect poison oak's toxic oil on clothes and equipment, and potentially on skin. More...

Prostate cancer 'Dream Team' includes UCSC bioinformatics experts

Biomolecular engineer Joshua Stuart is part of a new "Dream Team" of cancer researchers working to develop personalized treatments for advanced prostate cancer. More...

UCSC ranked second for research influence in world university rankings

In a new analysis of the world's top universities, UC Santa Cruz is ranked second in research influence. More...

UCSC awarded $4.5 million NSF grant for renewable energy research and education

UCSC leads a cooperative research and education program on renewable energy involving universities in the United States and Denmark. More...

Baskin School of Engineering showcases research advances on Oct. 18

Big data, biomedical metrology, and human-centered robotics and computing are featured topics at the annual Research Review Day. More...

White shark diets vary with age and among individuals

Many white sharks shift from fish to marine mammals as they mature, but individual sharks show surprising variability in a study by UCSC researchers. More...

Moore Foundation grant funds study of Tohoku earthquake fault

New grant funds seismologist Emily Brodsky's research on the devastating Tohoku earthquake that struck Japan in March 2011. More...

Study reveals complex rupture process in surprising 2012 Sumatra quake

The April 2012 great earthquake near Sumatra involved a complicated faulting process unlike anything seen before. More...

Hubble produces deepest ever view of the universe

UCSC astronomer Garth Illingworth's team assembled the "eXtreme Deep Field" image of distant galaxies. More...

Study reveals genomic similarities between breast cancer and ovarian cancer

A UCSC bioinformatics team contributed to a study suggesting similar genetic origins for subtypes of breast and ovarian cancers. More...

Unusual symbiosis discovered in marine microorganisms

Tiny single-celled algae and nitrogen-fixing bacteria exchange carbon and nitrogen in a mutually beneficial relationship that helps fertilize the oceans. More...