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Soft Robots That Grip With The Right Amount Of Force

Researchers created a system that lets robots effectively use grasped tools with the correct amount of force.

New Study Dives Deep Into The Sustainability Of An Alternative Aquaculture Feed Ingredient

Researchers with UC Santa Cruz’s ecological aquaculture facility have developed a new life cycle sustainability assessment documenting the environmental benefits and impacts of using the marine microalga Schizochytrium sp. as an alternative aquaculture feed ingredient to replace fish oil sourced from wild-caught forage fish.

In-Home Wireless Device Tracks Disease Progression In Parkinson’s Patients

By continuously monitoring a patient’s gait speed, the system can assess the condition’s severity between visits to the doctor’s office.

Hallmark Cancer Gene Regulates RNA ‘Dark Matter’

Novel findings are a promising step in the development of new tests for cancer early detection

Measuring The Universe With Star-Shattering Explosions

An international team of scientists has analyzed archive data for powerful cosmic explosions from the deaths of stars and found a new way to measure distances in the distant universe.

Data From Elephant Seals Reveal New Features Of Marine Heatwave ‘The Blob’

Instruments carried by migrating elephant seals measured deep warm-water anomalies that lasted much longer than the surface warming

New Research Explores Opportunities For Eliminating Equity Gaps In Computer Science Gateway Courses

Addressing “gateways within gateway courses,” specific factors that hold able students back from success in introductory courses, may provide a path forward for closing equity gaps for students pursuing engineering degrees.

Locally Supportive Climates May Do Little To Aid Mental Health For LGBTQ+ Youth Amidst Broader Societal Stigma

As rates of youth mental health issues soar in the United States, new research offers surprising insights into how social factors affect trends for LGBTQ+ youth, who are especially at risk due to the harmful effects of discrimination.

New Study Shows COVID-19 Genomic Recombination Is Uncommon But Disproportionately Occurs In Spike Protein Region

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.

Economics Professor Robert Fairlie Takes Home The Bradford-Osborne Research Award For The Second Year In A Row

Economics Professor Robert Fairlie received the Bradford-Osborne Research Award for the second year in a row.

Passive Cooling System Could Benefit Off-Grid Locations

Relying on evaporation and radiation — but not electricity — the system could keep food fresh longer or supplement air conditioning in buildings.

Missing Carbon Monoxide In Planetary Disks Was Hiding In The Ice

In planetary disks, carbon monoxide is lurking in large chunks of ice, solving the decade-old question, ‘Where is the CO?’

Political Parties Use Gerrymandering To Counteract Shifting Voter Preferences In Key Battleground States

During midterm elections this November, voters across the country will head to the polls to decide who should represent them for the next two years in the U.S. House of Representatives

JWST Makes First Unequivocal Detection Of Carbon Dioxide In An Exoplanet Atmosphere

The James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers characterize the atmospheres of planets very different from those in our solar system

Astronomers Witness Star-Slinging Tug-Of-War Between Merging Galaxies

While observing a newly-dormant galaxy using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), scientists discovered that it had stopped forming stars not because it had used up all of its gas but because most of its star-forming fuel had been thrown out of the system as it merged with another galaxy.

AI System Makes Models Like DALL-E 2 More Creative

Researchers develop a new method that uses multiple models to create more complex images with better understanding.

New Study Confirms ‘Rippled Sheet’ Protein Structure Predicted In 1953

UCSC scientists reported three crystal structures of periodic rippled beta sheets, a novel protein structure with potential applications in biomedicine and materials science

Computer Scientist Wins 'Test Of Time' Award For Foundational Work In Game Theory

Nearly 20 years after publishing his paper “The element of surprise in timed games,” UC Santa Cruz Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Luca de Alfaro received a surprise himself: he won the 2022 CONCUR test of time award.

Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Valuable Products

Assistant Professor Ariel Furst and her colleagues are looking to DNA to help guide the process.

Analyzing The Potential Of Alphafold In Drug Discovery

Study finds computer models that predict molecular interactions need improvement before they can help identify drug mechanisms of action.