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UC Santa Cruz professor Katia Obraczka’s Greener Greenhouses project uses energy-efficient IoT technology to precisely monitor greenhouse conditions, helping growers reduce water and energy use while improving crop production.
By Caroline Hemphill
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With equations and simulations, astronomer Ruth Murray-Clay is working to understand how distant planets form, evolve and could offer conditions to support life.
By Jenna Ahart
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Groundbreaking art and science collaborations are reimagining how we understand—and survive in—a warming world.
By Emily Harwitz
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UCSC engineer Javier Gonzalez-Rocha is using drones and sensors to bring advanced air quality monitoring to underserved agricultural communities on California’s Central Coast.
By Mark DeGraff
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UC Santa Cruz astronomer Alexie Leauthaud is bringing her cosmology expertise to climate action through Seed Spoon Science, a community-based gardening program focused on environmental justice and sustainability.
By Collin Blinder
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A decades-long collaboration is giving Central California’s dwindling coho salmon population a fighting chance.
By Annie Roth
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Sea level rise means fresh groundwater will increasingly become salty. Yat Li explains how his novel 3D-printed desalination tool can offer a solution.
By Rita Aksenfeld
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Magy Seif El-Nasr is using games and AI to transform education. As UC Santa Cruz’s Presidential Chair, she’s leading efforts to teach thoughtful, human-centered use of technology.
By Jasmin Galvan
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As housing costs push workers farther from their jobs, UCSC researchers are developing smart scheduling technology to ease commutes and reduce traffic in Santa Cruz. By combining real-time data, public policy, and community input, the project aims to create a more equitable and sustainable public transportation system.
By Carly Kay
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Exploring remote planets with extreme light-bending inventions
By Chiara Villanueva
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As technology advances in English, a UCSC professor is making sure Indigenous languages don’t get left behind.
By Aylin Woodward
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Chris Benner investigates lithium extraction at the Salton Sea, and what it means for community groups and the future of clean energy.
By Ramin Skibba
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Barbara Rogoff has studied the collaborative method Mayan communities use to teach children for over 30 years
By Farah Aziz Annesha
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At UC Santa Cruz’s Coastal Science Campus, Kelley is uncovering how life endures in extreme environments.
By Mahima Samraik
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A new large language model developed at UCSC removes math from the equation, giving artificial intelligence a more sustainable, greener future.
By Elissa Welle
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From a young age, Rae Taylor-Burns knew she wanted to help solve the planet’s most pressing issue.
By Anna Fitzgerald Guth