Devanshi Tomar

January 26, 2023

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Devanshi Tomar

A look at AI in ecology, sustainability in marine biotech, and love in an industrial world.

May 26, 2022

Research in Review

By Josh Foster, Devanshi Tomar, Emma Holm-Olsen, Anaya Khan

Looking back on the most notable scientific accomplishments and breakthroughs made by UCSB researchers during the 2021-22 year.

May 5, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Devanshi Tomar

A look at the pitfalls of E-scootering, the maritime consequences of population growth, and the social cues children use to process the society they develop in.

April 23, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Devanshi Tomar, Emma Holm-Olsen, Anaya Khan

A look at the rise of zoonoses, addressing water demands, and the blue economy.

April 8, 2022

COVID Q&A

By Devanshi Tomar

Our Science & Tech section sat down with Dr. Vejas Skripkus, M.D. who is the executive director of UC Santa Barbara Student Health, to answer questions submitted by readers last week.

February 25, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Devanshi Tomar

A look at happy trees, aging flies and "aha" moments through the lens of UCSB researchers.

February 14, 2022

Simply Stated: Why Don’t Humans Just Screw Themselves?

By Devanshi Tomar

Extensive research has been conducted on the neurochemical basis of love, psychosexual development and genetic connections to sexuality.

February 13, 2022

Sharing Love and Dance at SBKlub’s Valentine’s Day Prom

By Devanshi Tomar

McHugh said that the moment she shared with Parekh on the dance floor was reminiscent of the first time they met.

January 27, 2022

In Race Against New Wave, UCSB Researcher Develops Assay to ID Omicron

By Devanshi Tomar

The omicron variant of COVID-19 is significantly more contagious than other previously prevalent variants (such as the delta variant), leading to a heightened necessity to distinguish the variant. Arias and Dr. Lynn Fitz...

January 13, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Devanshi Tomar

A look at zwitterionic SPEs, plant population dynamics, and the prospect of interstellar space travel.

January 5, 2022

How The Omicron Variant Impacts Our Path To COVID-19 Endemicity

By Devanshi Tomar

Eventually, COVID-19 can be labeled as endemic, but until we increase vaccination rates to slow transmission, limit hospitalization and death to ease strain on the healthcare system, we aren’t quite there. And until th...

October 14, 2021

Mechanical Engineering Professor Receives $1.8 Million NSF Grant

By Devanshi Tomar

“The grant will provide opportunities for training students in how to incorporate biological circuits and elements into designer materials and then the deployment of those materials in useful devices that can move, gra...

October 8, 2021

Mathematics Professor Xin Zhou Invited To Speak at International Congress of Mathematicians

By Devanshi Tomar

The ICM is considered to be “the most influential meeting in pure and applied mathematics, as well as one of the world’s oldest scientific congresses.”