No Longer a “Foote” Note

June 7, 2018 by

When it comes to crediting one of the most consequential discoveries of the past two centuries, the scientific community is mistaken. Over 150 years ago, Eunice Newton Foote released her findings on c...
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UCSB Researchers Repair the Riparian Forests

February 8, 2018 by

A team of scientists from UCSB and the State University of New York is conducting a series of projects to study how riparian forests located in drought-prone environments are responding to climate cha...
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Conservation Efforts To Improve Public Health

May 18, 2017 by

Ecologists collaborate on the relationships of conservation, biodiversity and infectious diseases in communities.
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Research Shows U.S. and UK Share Similar Fracking Concerns

April 30, 2017 by

While the United States and the United Kingdom are separated by an ocean, researchers at UCSB find that these two countries share concerns about hydraulic fracking.
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UCSB Researchers Find New Causes of Extinction

April 20, 2017 by

A group of UC Santa Barbara researchers collaborated on a project combining several disciplines, including ecology, economics and conservation biology. Their objective was to examine and analyze many ...
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Cooperation May Lead to Coral Reef Improvement

April 6, 2017 by

Two senior fellows at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis solution build a model to analysis how fixing road segments in Hawaii could benefit its coral reefs.
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Researchers Analyze Vision and Attention after Exercise

March 9, 2017 by

It is known that exercise has numerous benefits to both mental and physical health, the question is what kind of exercise is more beneficial: low intensity or high intensity exercise.
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Ocean Model Prompts Absorption Analysis

February 23, 2017 by

With the Earth's rising temperatures, carbon dioxide levels have increased which could affect the ocean circulation cycle. Researchers from UCSB dive deep to find out the effects of increased carbon d...
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Proteins May Determine Disease Progression

February 16, 2017 by

One of the most fundamental rules in the field of cell biology is structure determines function. It is the idea that the shape of something can ultimately redefine its activity, causing it to operate ...
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