Strike Drives Shoppers to Healthier Food

February 9, 2004 by

Santa Barbara residents who honor the ongoing grocery workers' strike may end up eating a more healthful diet. Because the UFCW strike involves all of the major local grocery chains - Ralphs, Vons and...
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Transdermal Drug Delivery May Replace Needles

February 6, 2004 by

People who dislike hypodermic needles may soon get their medicine with less anxiety, thanks to UCSB research. Chemical engineering Assistant Professor Samir Mitragotri and his team of researchers have...
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New Cop Device Will Take You, Your Breath Away

January 27, 2004 by

Fuel cells are a hot topic among environmentally friendly engineers, but they are also being used to sniff out the boozy breath of intoxicated drivers.
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Engineering Students Seek to Assist Abroad

January 22, 2004 by

Billions of people awaken every day and turn on the water faucet to wash their faces. But, as mundane as it may seem, there are still many communities worldwide that would consider running water and f...
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High Tech: DNA

January 16, 2004 by

Imagine a handheld device that could identify a person infected with HIV in seconds with a drop of their blood. As great as this would be, it is just the tip of the iceberg of options made possible by...
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Techknow Speak

January 7, 2004 by

Parsec: A parsec is a measure of distance equal to about 3.26 light-years. This length is equal to the distance an observer must be from earth so that the earth and sun are separated by an angle of on...
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Lecture Looks to the Stars, Glaxies

December 4, 2003 by

Sally Oey, from the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., gave a talk in which she described how galaxies evolve and are affected by massive stars.
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Physicist Explains String Theory to SB

November 24, 2003 by

Physicist Brian Greene taught audience members how to see in 10 dimensions at the Lobero Theatre Sunday night. A leading string theorist and a member of UCSB's Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics,...
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Microbiology Undergrad Wins National Recognition

November 17, 2003 by

Tetrahymena thermophilia, a microorganism that derives its name from the Greek words for love and heat, may seem microscopic, but it is larger than life for third-year microbiology major Andrea Medina...
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Chemistry Professor Wins Grant

November 10, 2003 by

UCSB Assistant Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Joan-Emma Shea pieces together protein puzzles using her recent Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.
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Speaker Shows Math’s Business Potential

November 3, 2003 by

Falling asleep in your next math class could be more costly than you might think. Mark Meloon, from the Goleta-based Toyon Corporation,, a defense systems and government contracting company, gave a le...
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Physicists Ponder Nature of Universe

October 24, 2003 by

This week the very big and the very small collided at UCSB. UCSB's Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) hosted a conference for prominent cosmologists and string theorists from around the wo...
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