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Released: 8-Oct-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Will AI Tools Revolutionize Public Health? Not if They Continue Following Old Patterns, Researchers Argue
University of California, Santa Cruz

A new paper published in the journal Social Science & Medicine shares findings from an extensive literature analysis of AI’s current trajectory in health care.

   
Released: 14-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT
An overlooked side-effect of the housing crisis may be putting Californians at increased risk from climate disasters
University of California, Santa Cruz

In a new article for the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UC Santa Cruz researchers laid out the foundation for their highly-anticipated upcoming study of how lack of affordable housing in urban areas of California may be driving increased development in and near wildlands, leading to more severe climate change impacts.

Released: 14-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Singing from memory unlocks a surprisingly common musical superpower
University of California, Santa Cruz

UC Santa Cruz psychologists studied “earworms,” the types of songs that get stuck in your head and play automatically on a loop, to show that highly accurate pitch memory is much more common than might be expected.

Released: 1-Dec-2023 7:05 AM EST
Smart microgrids can restore power more efficiently and reliably in an outage
University of California, Santa Cruz

It’s a story that’s become all too familiar — high winds knock out a power line, and a community can go without power for hours to days, an inconvenience at best and a dangerous situation at worst.

Newswise: New blood test for noncoding RNA significantly improves cancer detection
Released: 18-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
New blood test for noncoding RNA significantly improves cancer detection
University of California, Santa Cruz

Cancer is most treatable in its early stages, so finding innovative and non-invasive methods to diagnose cancer early on is crucial for fighting the disease.

Newswise: Novel device combines nanopores with electronic signals for disease detection
Released: 18-Sep-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Novel device combines nanopores with electronic signals for disease detection
University of California, Santa Cruz

In living organisms, cells have a very high capacity to process and communicate information by moving molecules or ions through tiny channels that span the cell membrane.

   
Released: 18-May-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Study reveals key molecular interaction that sets the timing of our biological clocks
University of California, Santa Cruz

Molecular clocks in our cells synchronize our bodies with the cycle of night and day, cue us for sleep and waking, and drive daily cycles in virtually every aspect of our physiology. Scientists studying the molecular mechanisms of our biological clocks have now identified a key event that controls the timing of the clock.

Released: 28-Feb-2023 12:00 PM EST
Shrinking age distribution of spawning salmon raises climate resilience concerns
University of California, Santa Cruz

By returning to spawn in the Sacramento River at different ages, Chinook salmon lessen the potential impact of a bad year and increase the stability of their population in the face of climate variability, according to a new study by scientists at UC Santa Cruz and NOAA Fisheries.

Newswise:Video Embedded rna-rescue-challenge-invites-players-to-solve-puzzles-and-advance-rna-therapeutics
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Released: 21-Feb-2023 11:35 AM EST
RNA Rescue challenge invites players to solve puzzles and advance RNA therapeutics
University of California, Santa Cruz

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz working to develop novel RNA-based medicines are teaming up with a new group of collaborators—players of the online game Eterna. The

Newswise: Reduced krill lead to fewer pregnancies in humpback whales
Released: 23-Jan-2023 3:10 PM EST
Reduced krill lead to fewer pregnancies in humpback whales
University of California, Santa Cruz

New collaborative research shows reduced krill supplies lead to fewer pregnancies in humpback whales—a finding that could have major implications for industrial krill fishing.

Released: 25-Aug-2022 7:05 PM EDT
Political parties use gerrymandering to counteract shifting voter preferences in key battleground states, study finds
University of California, Santa Cruz

Research that focused on battleground states suggests that whichever party controls the redistricting process in the state legislature engineers an 11 percentage point increase in its probability of winning a U.S. House race in the next election. And these advantages often run counter to the will of voters.

Released: 11-Aug-2022 1:05 PM EDT
COVID-19 genomic recombination is uncommon but disproportionately occurs in spike protein region
University of California, Santa Cruz

An analysis of millions of SARS-CoV-2 genomes finds that recombination of the virus is uncommon, but when it occurs, it is most often in the spike protein region, the area which allows the virus to attach to and infect host cells.

   
Released: 8-Aug-2022 7:05 PM EDT
Locally supportive climates may do little to aid mental health for LGBTQ+ youth amidst broader societal stigma
University of California, Santa Cruz

New research shows little difference in mental health outcomes for LGBTQ+ youth between some of California's most and least supportive communities for sexual and gender diversity. The findings also indicate factors that may contribute to this trend.

   
Released: 3-Aug-2022 12:45 PM EDT
Data from elephant seals reveal new features of marine heatwave ‘the Blob’
University of California, Santa Cruz

The North Pacific Blob, was the largest and longest-lasting marine heatwave on record. A new study using data collected by elephant seals reveals that in addition to the well documented surface warming, deeper warm-water anomalies associated with the Blob were much more extensive than previously reported.

Released: 29-Jun-2022 8:05 PM EDT
Autistic Adults Have Become Increasingly Visible in Media, Books, Television, and More in the Past Decade, but Challenges with Representation Persist
University of California, Santa Cruz

Researchers documented a shift toward more representation for adults in popular portrayals of autism, which have historically focused on children.

Released: 28-Jun-2022 7:05 PM EDT
These Red Flags Can Let You Know When You’re in an Online Echo Chamber
University of California, Santa Cruz

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have identified specific elements of tone and style in online speech that are linked to hyperpartisan echo chambers. These language markers could also prove useful for flagging spaces where disinformation may be likely to emerge.

Newswise: Simulations reveal hydrodynamics of planetary engulfment by expanding star
Released: 13-Jun-2022 2:10 PM EDT
Simulations reveal hydrodynamics of planetary engulfment by expanding star
University of California, Santa Cruz

When our sun exhausts the hydrogen fuel in its core some 5 billion years from now, it will expand to become a red giant, engulfing the inner planets.

Released: 13-Apr-2022 8:05 AM EDT
Mutating COVID-19 lineages will be more accurately identified using upgraded technology to track virus family tree
University of California, Santa Cruz

As COVID-19 continues to mutate, software developed and maintained at the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Genomics Institute will now be at the core of the primary tool used by health officials worldwide to track the spread of variants in their community. It is now the default software behind the ubiquitously used tool Pangolin, replacing previous software to more accurately assign genomic samples of COVID-19 to a known branch on the virus’s family tree.

   
Released: 11-Mar-2022 11:30 AM EST
Chemical analysis reveals effects of wildfire smoke on grapes and wines
University of California, Santa Cruz

Volatile compounds in wildfire smoke are absorbed by grapes and produce an unpleasant taste called “smoke taint” in wines. A new study provides valuable data and guidelines for using analytical chemistry to identify grapes and wines affected by smoke taint.

Released: 4-Jan-2022 11:05 AM EST
Economic benefits of earlier social distancing revealed through impacts of rainy weather on coronavirus outbreaks
University of California, Santa Cruz

Economists at UC Santa Cruz used rainy weather as a natural experiment to understand how communities across the U.S. that started some form of social distancing slightly earlier may have experienced significant economic benefits.



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