Media Coverage
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UC Santa Cruz scientists advance understanding of Alzheimer’s disease
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about research on Alzheimer's disease led by biochemist Yevgenij Raskatov.
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High levels of algae toxins in San Francisco Bay shellfish
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in stories about toxins in San Francisco Bay shellfish from UPI, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Francisco Chronicle, Contra Costa Times, Nature World News, Technobahn, Breitbart, and other media outlets.
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Sea stars have difficulty recovering from devastating virus
Biologist Pete Raimondi is quoted in a Eureka Times-Standard article about the impact of sea star wasting syndrome on North Coast sea star populations.
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Coastal wetlands offer millions of dollars worth of hurricane protection
Ocean scientist Michael Beck was quoted in coverage of a report on the effectiveness of coastal wetlands in reducing property damage from storms, including stories from UPI, Insurance Journal, PhysOrg, PreventionWeb, Insurance NewsNet, Canadian Underwriter, eScienceNews, and other outlets.
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Mystery of the massive Andes dome solved: Researchers find 1km high structure
Geologist Noah Finnegan's research on the uplift of the Central Andes was covered by the Daily Mail (U.K.), LiveScience, International Business Times, TerraDaily, PhysOrg, Environment News Service, and other media outlets.
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Social science: Include social equity in California Biohub
Jenny Reardon and Katherine Darling of sociology and the Science and Justice Research Center, writing as members of “Science FARE (Feminist Anti-Racist Equity) Collective,” were among six authors of a letter in the journal Nature calling for the Chan/Zuckerberg Initiative to include social equity in the California Biohub.
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2016's states with the most and least powerful voters
Economics professor Ajay Shenoy was interviewed for a special feature on voters in WalletHub, a Washington, D.C.-based website that offers credit-improvement advice and money-saving tips.
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Could diet change help treat blood cancer or transplant patients?
Biomolecular engineer Camilla Forsberg is quoted in a Scientific American story about new findings on the development of blood stem cells.
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Redwoods play role in regulating global temperature
Geologist Gary Griggs was interviewed by KION TV for a story about climate change.
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The power of prediction markets
Physicist Anthony Aguirre is quoted in an article about prediction markets in Nature.
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The mysterious Higgs bison: Ice Age cave paintings show the origins of elusive hybrid species
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in coverage of research showing that the European bison descended from hybridization of two extinct species, the steppe bison and the auroch (ancestor of cattle), including stories in the Daily Mail, PhysOrg, Popular Archaeology, Archaeology News, Post Online, and other media outlets.
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UCSC professor Ryan Foley awarded Packard Fellowship
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about astronomer Ryan Foley, who has received a Packard Fellowship.