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  • UC Santa Cruz Physicists Receive Prestigious International Award for Revolutionary Detector Technology

    UC Santa Cruz Physicists Receive Prestigious International Award for Revolutionary Detector Technology

    UC Santa Cruz Physicists Receive Prestigious International Award for Revolutionary Detector Technology Committee on Future Accelerators honors ultra-fast silicon detectors that enable 4D particle tracking SANTA CRUZ, CA – February 12, 2026 – The International Committee for Future Accelerators (ICFA) has awarded its 2026 Instrumentation Award to UC Santa Cruz physicists Hartmut Sadrozinski and Abraham…

  • American Astronomical Society honors four UC Santa Cruz affiliates

    American Astronomical Society honors four UC Santa Cruz affiliates

    At this week’s national gathering, astronomy and astrophysics professors Bryan Gaensler, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, and Connie Rockosi were honored for outstanding contributions to the field, as was alumna Kathryn Johnston. For more information please see full article here.

  • SCIPP scientists bring diamond sensor technology to fusion energy research

    SCIPP scientists bring diamond sensor technology to fusion energy research

    SCIPP researchers Simone Mazza and Bruce Schumm are partnering with the company Advent Diamond to develop diamond-based sensors designed to monitor the intense radiation inside future fusion-energy reactors. The sensors are being designed to detect high-energy “burn” products from fusion reactions, offering a key diagnostic tool for safe reactor operation.  As part of the University…

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