Black History Month: Contributions to Science

Timeline:  1864:  Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. She later writes one of the earliest medical books published by an African Ame...
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Simply Stated: Where’d All The Eggs Go?

With the persistence of a highly pathogenic outbreak of Avian Influenza, poultry populations have suffered, in turn causing decreasing egg supplies and increasing prices.
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

A look at mental health, laser manufacturing, the evolution of desirability, and food footprints.
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

A look at data collection, deforestation and Drosophila.
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Simply Stated: What’s Going On Up There?

Scientists at NASA have found success in the world’s first planetary defense mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test.
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Simply Stated: What can really be expected from the Ocean Road Housing Project?

With the removal of the Eucalyptus Curtain, there will be noticeably less green space, more traffic and noise pollution along Ocean Road. Despite the expected environmental impacts, these impacts migh...
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Simply Stated: James Webb Telescope Releases First Images

The recently launched James Webb Telescope released 5 images on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, not only deepening scientific understanding of the universe, but promising discovery in the future.
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Research in Review

Looking back on the most notable scientific accomplishments and breakthroughs made by UCSB researchers during the 2021-22 year.
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

A look at breakthrough biofilters, ghost fishing, and greenhouse gas emission levels in China
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“Post Roe Frontiers”: Goodwin, Oaks Share Dialogue on Reproductive Health Policy and Justice

Following the leaked Supreme Court case draft opinion that might overturn Roe v. Wade, UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor Michele Goodwin and UC Santa Barbara feminist studies professor Laury Oaks cam...
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

A look at the rise of zoonoses, addressing water demands, and the blue economy.
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Las Cumbres Observatory Searches for Supernovae

The Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO), located in Goleta, California, is one of the many worldwide observatories where robotic telescopes are designed to collect astronomical data. There are many ongoing ...
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

A look at the counter-argument against the Standard Model, experimentation with viscosity, and the consequences of extreme rainfall events.
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

A look at the effects of heavy alcohol intake, conflict resolution, and coral conservation.
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

A look at coastal stressors, cynical seniors and the relationship -or lack thereof- between wealth and health.
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