The explosion of a massive star locked in a deadly orbit with a black hole has been discovered with the help of artificial ...

New book offers a model for tackling climate change while supporting workers and communities in the transition to renewable ...

Physicists from around the world will converge on campus to offer possible answers to some of the biggest and most vexing ...

Professors Roxanne Beltran and Dan Costa named to committees focused on activities on the West Coast and in Antarctica ...

For as long as she can remember, Assistant Professor of Languages and Applied Linguistics Ariel Chan has lived her life in ...

Shloka uses Hindu deities, rituals, and narratives to connect climate change issues with players’ religious and cultural ...

Earth & Space Global physics conference comes to UC Santa Cruz for first time—and why it matters Physicists from around the world will converge on campus to offer possible answers to some of the ...

Cedar Tree Foundation will fund a conservation-leadership academy to continue the work of the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars program at UC Santa Cruz ...

In two recent papers, an international team led by UC Santa Cruz scientists describe the first known nitrogen-fixing organelle within a eukaryotic cell. The organelle is the fourth example in history ...

This year marks the 25th anniversary of UC Santa Cruz's famous banana slug mascot, a once-subversive symbol on campus. This month, a former chancellor and various alumni looked back on the days when ...

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed a powerful new computer program called Morpheus that can analyze astronomical image data pixel by pixel to identify and classify all of the galaxies and ...

Education Professor Lora Bartlett and her collaborators collected detailed data on the pandemic and post-pandemic experiences of 75 teachers across the country, revealing how the pandemic era hastened ...