Month: April 2010

Science & Tech

Engineers Desalinate With a Membrane

April 6, 2010 by Nader Heidari

UCLA researchers have produced a tool to remove the salt content from water while avoiding the problems that arise from clogging during the purification of difficult types of water.

News

U.S. Census Tallies Transients

April 6, 2010 by Madison Medeiros

Santa Barbara County recently worked alongside the federal Census Bureau to conduct a count of the local homeless population for the 2010 Census.

Sports

A Giant Prediction

April 6, 2010 by Matt Connolly

There's no secret that the post-Bonds era has been an uphill battle out of mediocrity. But coming off a season where the playoffs were within reach, I'm predicting that this is the year it finally comes together. And trust me, I'm not just ...

Opinion

New Drilling Falls Short of U.S. Needs

April 6, 2010 by Steven Begakis

Last week’s partial lift on the domestic oil drilling moratorium was an almost comical concession to the private sector from a president who has proven himself to be openly hostile to the free market. President Obama’s policies ...

Science & Tech

Physicists Create Particularly Strange Matter

April 6, 2010 by Nader Heidari

An antihyperparticle, which contains the anti-matter equivalents of "strange" quarks, was produced by a team of scientists at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.