Science & Tech

April 11, 2019

You’re Just Too Funny For Me

By Jennifer Sor

A male friend's opinion adds to a plethora of evidence — both empirical and anecdotal — indicating that men are often perceived as the funnier sex.

April 11, 2019

The Future of Protein?

By Jacqueline Wen

Switching to plant-based and cell-based foods would significantly reduce land and water use and emissions compared to their conventional animal counterparts.

April 4, 2019

To Drink or Not To Drink

By Sunidhi Sridhar

Szumlinski's team has detected a mechanism within the amygdaloid region of the brain which can be suppressed and therefore fails to properly regulate the urge to consume alcohol.

April 4, 2019

UC Kicks Off Cool Campus Challenge for Month of April

By Jacqueline Wen

From April 1–26, all 10 UC campuses will be going head-to-head for all students, faculty and staff to “reduce UC’s carbon footprint and create a culture of sustainability across the campuses,” according to the Co...

March 28, 2019

Two UCSB Faculty Named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows

By Jacqueline Wen

UCSB’s Sloan Research Fellowship recipients are Thomas Sprague for neuroscience and Xin Zhou for mathematics.

March 14, 2019

From Apprentice to Shadow: How Intelligent Machines are Changing Learning in the Workplace

By Charlotte Marston

Beane's TED Talk strives to shed light on this issue to people involved in technology integration so that they may be able to change the course of intelligent machines in the workforce.

March 14, 2019

The Grass is Greener

By Kelly Shi

“Our long-term goal is to create sustainable biofuels and bioenergy that not only can displace fossil fuels but also bring in other ecological and environmental benefits, like high-diversity prairie grasses,” Yang sa...

March 7, 2019

First North American Occurrence of Rare Sunfish Discovered in Santa Barbara

By Jacqueline Wen

The rare hoodwinker sunfish's appearance in Santa Barbara marks the first ever sighting of this rare species in North America, and only the second time in the Northern Hemisphere in 130 years.

March 7, 2019

Food Partitioning Allows for Fish’s Pacific Coexistence

By Jacqueline Wen

Territorial damselfish populations can coexist on the same coral reefs by sharing food resources and switching diets to reduce competition.

March 7, 2019

A Study of Love: UCSB Researcher Examines Altruism in Couples

By Kyle Perkovich

Researchers examine the chemical and neurological basis behind love, empathy and altruism.

February 28, 2019

Black Professors and Students Share How Their Identity Shapes Their Academic Experiences

By Jacqueline Wen

Four Black faculty and students at UCSB share their thoughts on how their identity affects their academic experiences.

February 21, 2019

Chasing the Ever ‘Moving Target’ of Ocean Restoration

By Cristian Loza

This “moving target” of ocean restoration not only reflects the human race and its demands, but also encompasses Earth’s changing environment as a whole.

February 21, 2019

Express Yourself: UCSB Researchers Study RNA Roles in Cell Differentiation

By Charlotte Marston

Golkaram and colleagues set out to identify the interactions between mRNA and miRNAs, which control and regulate cell development through expressing specific genes.

February 14, 2019

‘Train Locally, Deploy Globally’ with AI

By Jacqueline Wen

To help scientists in “applying artificial intelligence (AI) to help understand and protect the planet”, Microsoft and National Geographic have partnered up to sponsor AI for Earth Innovation Grants.

February 14, 2019

The Swipe Right Love Story

By Jennifer Sor

While the prospect of online dating is bleak, research has shown that its dystopian implication doesn’t deviate as far from our primitive instincts as we might think.

February 7, 2019

UCSB Researcher Studies Carbon Storage in Soil

By Jacqueline Wen

“What we found that was really interesting was that the absorption capacity for carbon really depends on climate to a very great extent,” Chadwick said.