Ben Krasnow

January 27, 2004

New Cop Device Will Take You, Your Breath Away

By Ben Krasnow

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.

January 22, 2004

Engineering Students Seek to Assist Abroad

By Ben Krasnow

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 flush toilets a luxur...

January 16, 2004

High Tech: DNA

By Ben Krasnow

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 new technology pion...

January 7, 2004

Techknow Speak

By Ben Krasnow

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 one arcsecond. The ter...

December 4, 2003

Lecture Looks to the Stars, Glaxies

By Ben Krasnow

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.

November 24, 2003

Physicist Explains String Theory to SB

By Ben Krasnow

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, Greene recounted th...

November 17, 2003

Microbiology Undergrad Wins National Recognition

By Ben Krasnow

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.

November 10, 2003

Chemistry Professor Wins Grant

By Ben Krasnow

UCSB Assistant Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Joan-Emma Shea pieces together protein puzzles using her recent Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering.

November 3, 2003

Speaker Shows Math’s Business Potential

By Ben Krasnow

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 lecture titled "Workin...

October 24, 2003

Physicists Ponder Nature of Universe

By Ben Krasnow

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 world, including Steph...