Farewell from Opinion: L & T Sign Off

June 6, 2013 by and

  When I first took my graduation gown out of its packaging, I nearly cried. I am not wearing that. No way. No. Never. ‘If you put that thing on,’ my inner voice-over warned, ‘the bubble wi...
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Redefining “Publishable”: In Defense of the Position of the Week

February 27, 2013 by and

A candy heart-covered nipple doesn’t hold the same sweet appeal to all who cross its path, according to a recent (mildly outraged) letter to the editor entitled “Gaucho Porn?” in the Santa Barba...
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UC Briefs

May 17, 2011 by and

Scientists Find New Treatment for Kidney Disease   Two researchers at UCSB, associate professor Thomas Weimbs and graduate student Jeffery Talbot, recently published a study in the Proceedings of...
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Mollusk Sees World Through Mineral Eyes

April 25, 2011 by

A recent study co-authored by Daniel Speiser, a postdoctoral fellow at UCSB’s Dept. of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology, provides strong evidence that the chiton, a simple mollusk, has developed...
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Species Variance Helps Remove Water Pollutants

April 19, 2011 by

A study completed and authored by former UCSB biologist Bradley J. Cardinale confirms biodiversity as the driver of nutrient uptake in streams — a process which acts as the ecosystem’s natural cle...
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UC Science Briefs

April 12, 2011 by

Researchers Help Henhouses By Fighting Pests With Pests Researchers from UC Riverside have found that when it comes to parasites found on chickens, two wrongs just may make a right. According to the r...
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Biocontrol Beetle Beats Back Problematic Plant Species

March 29, 2011 by

According to a recent study, in which two UCSB scientists were collaborating authors, the troublesome invasion of the tamarisk — a non-native tree which has overrun rivers in the western U.S. — ca...
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Glacial Impurities Delay Ice’s Destruction

February 1, 2011 by

A study co-written by UCSB scientists demonstrates a link between debris on some Himalayan glaciers and the cessation of glacial melting. Debris layers of two or more centimeters found on certain Hima...
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Scientists Find Nanomaterials Accumulate in Small Predators

January 13, 2011 by

Researchers at UCSB have found that certain nanoparticles may have not-so-nano impacts within simple food chains. Published online in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, the study suggests that the tox...
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