The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) is a public research university located in Santa Cruz, California. It was founded in 1965 as one of the campuses of the University of California system and is known for its progressive, non-traditional educational approach and picturesque campus nestled in a redwood forest overlooking the Pacific Ocean. UCSC is well-regarded for its strong programs in astronomy and astrophysics, marine sciences, biology, and computer science, among others. The university operates the Lick Observatory, a vital research facility for astronomers.
The study broadly reveals how fast brain waves, previously overlooked, establish fundamental patterns of sleep and wakefulness. Scientists have developed a new method to analyze…
Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered the earliest and most distant galaxies known, dating back to just 300 million years after the…
Modern biology textbooks assert that only bacteria can take nitrogen from the atmosphere and convert it into a form that is usable for life. Plants…
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), mounted on a telescope in Arizona, has created the largest 3-D map of the cosmos, mapping over 30 million…
Researchers have developed a deep learning model, RECAST, that outperforms traditional methods in predicting earthquake aftershocks, especially with larger datasets. This advancement promises improved earthquake…
The Telomere-to-Telomere consortium has fully sequenced the Y chromosome, uncovering 41 new genes and adding 30 million new bases to the human genome. This breakthrough…
High-resolution imaging of radio emissions from an ultracool dwarf shows a double-lobed structure like the radiation belts of Jupiter. A team of astronomers has successfully…
Scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, together with a consortium of researchers, have released a draft of the first human pangenome, which combines…
To comprehend the capability of autonomous vehicles in navigating the complexities of the road, scientists frequently resort to game theory – a branch of mathematics…
Brainwave patterns show elephant seals take short naps while holding their breath on deep dives, averaging just 2 hours of sleep per day while at…
Astronomers report most distant known galaxies, detected and confirmed by JWST. An international team of astronomers has discovered the earliest and most distant galaxies confirmed…
Minke whales are as small as a lunge-feeding baleen whale can be. Research on the feeding behavior of Antarctic minke whales found that a smaller…
UCSC researchers suggest that introns, a source of molecular complexity unique to eukaryotes, primarily originate from introners. The origins of introns, segments of non-coding DNA…
A search for variable stars called RR Lyrae has found some of the most distant stars in the Milky Way’s halo a million light years…
Utilizing these protective molecules could potentially provide a new approach to managing the illness, which is transmitted through contaminated water. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute…
Scientists hope to improve their understanding of the growth of supermassive black holes in massive galaxies by studying intermediate-mass black holes. After lurking undetected in…
A new dataset of intentional disabling of Automatic Identification System devices by fishing vessels provides insights into illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing activity. To avoid…
Changing the epigenetic marks on chromosomes results in altered gene expression in offspring and in grandoffspring, demonstrating ‘transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.’ Without changing the genetic code…