When geologists went in search for evidence of ancient tsunamis along Southern California’s coastal wetlands, they found something else. Their discoveries have implications for seismic hazard and risk assessment in coastal Southern California.
The third time’s the charm for an international team of scientists, including physicists at California State University, Fullerton and their students, who made the latest detection of gravitational waves, emitted when two black holes collided to form a larger one from three billion light years away. When the first detection occurred Sept. 14, 2015, scientists confirmed a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity and opened an unprecedented new window onto the cosmos. For some undergrads at CSUF, it means jumping directly into doctoral programs at MIT, Brandeis and NYU.
With wingspans of over 20 feet, manta rays are charismatic giants of the sea. Yet this enormous fish, which can weigh thousands of pounds, doesn't chase down and bite into prey.
Cal State Fullerton (CSUF) paleontologists have described a new genus and species of walrus and named it after CSUF Titans and Orange County, where the extinct, tuskless fossil was discovered.
In Hope Johnson's Dan Black Hall laboratory, she and student researchers are growing cultures of cyanobacteria — bacteria that produces oxygen during photosynthesis.
Cal State Fullerton economists from the Woods Center for Economic Analysis and Forecasting conducted a six-month study to determine Disneyland Resort's economic impact in Southern California.
Cal State Fullerton alumna and national park ranger Kylie Caesar and her faculty research adviser, Sean J. Loyd, led a collaborative study that focused on mineral formation by a community of unique microorganisms in the U.S. Gulf Coast subsurface. They found that microbes limited the release of massive quantities of natural greenhouse gas emissions. Their research was published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.
Research from Jason Shepard, chair and professor of communications at Cal State Fullerton, highlights how First Amendment law was both a weapon and shield in the expansion of LGBTQ rights, and well before the Stonewall Riots.
National and California studies by Christine Gardiner, professor of criminal justice at Cal State Fullerton, show college-educated officers are better at documenting investigation, more technology efficient, and may be less resistant to organizational change.
To help people with visual impairments gain more independence, Cal State Fullerton computer engineering students developed assistive glasses, a hands-free wearable technology device. The glasses can help people with visual impairments detect and identify often-used objects — something a guide dog cannot always do.