Study Attributes Ape Deaths to Human Viruses

Researchers at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis on campus recently discovered the missing variable in the mysterious population decline among endangered African great apes. Th...
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Kavli Receives Grant to Host Physicists

The Simons Foundation awarded the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics $2.5 million to fund the institute’s on-campus visits and conferences with renowned theoretical physicists. The five-year re...
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UCSB Physicists Discover Protoclusters, Giant Stars

Two cosmic discoveries made in part by UCSB researchers are teaching scientists more about the formation of stars and galaxies. Matteo Cantiello of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics was part...
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Professors To Determine Viability of Organic Tech

Several UCSB professors are participating in a Multi-University Research Initiative to develop new technologies to improve energy efficiency and assess the feasibility of producing organic thermoelect...
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Gaucho Alumna’s Research Spurs Acclaimed Device

Former UCSB graduate student Victoria Broje’s research contributed to the design of a revolutionary drum oil skimmer, which recently received the 2011 Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE’s $1 mi...
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Student’s New Work Earns Funds

UCSB computer science graduate student Deblina Sarkar is one of only three researchers worldwide to receive the Electron Devices Society’s Ph.D. Fellowship Award from the Institute of Electrical and...
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Dow Program Fosters Innovation

The Dow Chemical Company recently awarded a $15 million grant to UCSB’s Materials Research Laboratory for a new research institute that will allow students to utilize Dow facilities and learn from t...
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