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UC Santa Cruz's Innovation Catalyst Grant Program recently awarded eight research teams at the university with more than $350,000 in funding for projects ranging from data encryption to cancer detection and coastal protection.
How to Save the Coastlines from Climate Change Disasters Coastal habitats serve as a critical first line of defense, and their loss puts communities at even greater risk from coastal flooding. Coral reefs work as natural breakwaters and reduce flooding by breaking waves offshore. by Michael W. Beck, Los Angeles Times / April 15, 2021 Aereal view of the Caribbean sea and the lagoon in the touristic zone, after the passage of Hurricane Delta in Cancun, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, on Oct. 8, 2020. After the hurricane, an insurance ...
Print Cities are grappling with how to change police departments. As Minneapolis shows, there are no easy answers. TOP STORIES What Is the Future of Policing? As testimony in former Police Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial enters its third week and tensions rise over a police shooting in a nearby city, Minneapolis once again finds itself at the forefront of a debate seared with a legacy of racial injustice: What is the future of policing in America, and what’s the best way to get there? Many people agree that policing needs to change — it’s impossible to watch the video of George ...