Science & Tech

Chemical Engineering Professor Receives Grant To Study Reporter Proteins and “Dark Matter of Biology”

Mukherjee’s research lab is working to develop bioluminescent reporters able to produce light in the context of anaerobic systems that Mukherjee terms the “dark matter of biology.”
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UCSB Professor Awarded Funding To Evaluate and Rank Climate Models

With a focus on Arctic sea ice, Ding will cross-reference many different climate models to better understand how to optimize their effectiveness, and which models at present are the most efficacious i...
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New Research Sheds Light on Prehistoric Migrations of South and Central Asia

A UCSB professor has helped to paint a clearer picture of the human story of ancient migration to South and Central Asia, and the spread of language and practices which coincided with this.
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Potential Positive Impacts of Seaweed on Climate Change

A recent UCSB study examined the potential impacts of seaweed aquaculture on carbon offsetting.
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UCSB Selected to Host New Quantum Foundry

The NSF has granted UCSB $25 million over six years to advance the “discovery and control of materials that support protected quantum states with unprecedented coherence and scalable entanglement."
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Genetic Variation Can Affect Embryo Formation

Because humans and other vertebrates share a common regulatory mechanism for endoderm development with nematodes, the study’s results may have potential implications for drug therapies.
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UCSB Continues to Perform Well on 2019 Sustainable Campus Index Metrics

UCSB is among 134 institutions which have been awarded with a gold rating or higher by the AASHE, out of the 970 campuses currently registered.
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Mechanism to Develop Mineralized Skeletons Likely Evolved Independently Across Diverse Taxa

A paper from UCSB researchers details how they managed to pinpoint evidence of biomineralization in a wide variety of fossils from the Cambrian period.
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UCSB Researchers Discover Mechanism Potentially Accelerating Progression of Polycystic Kidney Disease

While researchers in the natural sciences field studying kidney stones have observed dilated tubules before, “it has not previously been recognized as an active protective mechanism,” the paper st...
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Evaluating Cumulative Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystems

Recently, UCSB researchers published a paper that addressed for the first time the combined impact humans are having on our marine ecosystems.
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Epigenetics, Corals and Climate Change

Moeller and other marine scientists received a $3 million, five-year funding from the NSF to set up long-term research on the coral reefs around Moorea in French Polynesia. 
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UCSB Researchers Examine Effective Communication of Environmental Issues

Their findings suggest that the same types of messaging frames can be effectively used to communicate to conservatives and liberals, rather than speaking to each group individually.
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SBWCN: Animal Rescue Stories from the Community

Local community members share rescue stories of animals they and SBWCN helped.
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A Look Into Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation at the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network

Located in Goleta, the animal rehabilitation center has cared for over 3,100 patients so far in 2019.
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UCSB Researcher Uses Hypothetical Mussel Farms To Study Aquaculture Productivity in Southern California

The researchers predicted the profitability of 223 hypothetical mussel farms along the coast from Point Conception to the Mexico border in a region known as the Southern California Bight. 
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