Science & Tech

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.

February 7, 2019

Reduce, Reuse and Reconsider the Effectiveness of Recycling

By Charlotte Marston

Geyer’s study showed that only nine percent of the plastic ever produced has been recycled.

January 31, 2019

Let’s Tau-lk about Tau: Exploring the Protein

By Jacqueline Wen

The Han research group has found a method that can track the healthy to pathological transition of the protein tau, which is implicated in diseases including Alzheimer's.

January 31, 2019

Recapping the 1st Annual Womxn/Hacks

By Sunidhi Sridhar

This past weekend, the American Association of University Women (AAUW) at UCSB hosted their first annual Womxn/Hacks on campus.

January 24, 2019

Gut Feeling: Studying Interactions in the Microbiome

By Jacqueline Wen

“The whole is more than the sum of its parts. It’s not just the individual microbes but, rather, it’s the microbes in their context," Jones said.

January 17, 2019

Microbial Assassins: Changing the Face of Modern Antibiotics

By Sunidhi Sridhar

"We can equip helpful bacteria with a toxin-delivering system to target and destroy harmful ones. Such specificity could give us more control over our microbiome and our health," Song said.

January 17, 2019

Underneath the Surface: Shrinking Groundwater in the United States

By Sunidhi Sridhar

The team calculated the degree of separation between fresh groundwater and brackish groundwater in over 25 sedimentary basins throughout the United States.