Jacqueline Wen

February 1, 2018

Maze Runner Redefined

By Jacqueline Wen

Through fluid mechanics soap can solve a milk maze.

November 16, 2017

Resisting (Marine) Space Invaders

By Jacqueline Wen

The invasive alga Sargassum horneri has established itself in Southern California marine systems, including those in the Channel Islands along the coast of Santa Barbara.

October 30, 2017

Taking the Bad with the Good

By Jacqueline Wen

UCSB researchers model how changes in climate and socioeconomic status will likely affect health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa

June 7, 2017

Landscape Factors Affecting Insecticide Use

By Jacqueline Wen

Context and crop type determine the impact of certain landscape characteristics on insecticide use

May 11, 2017

Opinion Maps Detail Americans’ Climate Beliefs

By Jacqueline Wen

From 2008 to 2016, the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication ran major opinion polls on U.S. climate beliefs, surveying over 18,000 American adults bi-annually. Through the survey they found that the national aver...

April 30, 2017

R.E.M.A.D.E. Crusade: UCSB Improves Energy Efficiency

By Jacqueline Wen

The R.E.M.A.D.E. institute at UCSB aims to find new ways to reuse metals, polymers and fibers.

March 9, 2017

Scent Trumps Attraction When Searching For a Mate

By Jacqueline Wen

UCSB biologist reveals that choosing the ideal insect mate is a combination of looks and smell.

March 2, 2017

Stop! Hammer Time

By Jacqueline Wen

With the hopes of discovering how individual neural cells react to impacts, researchers in the mechanical engineering department at UCSB are working on developing the world's smallest hammer.

March 2, 2017

Greater Success for Students with Learning Disabilities Linked to Applied S.T.E.M.

By Jacqueline Wen

Researchers from the Gervitz School of Education find that S.T.E.M. classes may help students with disabilities.

February 9, 2017

How China’s Got It Made Using Trophic Cascades

By Jacqueline Wen

Because each trophic level in a food chain has roughly 10 times as much biomass as its lower level, China’s removal of the predatory fish at the top levels has increased the number of fish in the lower ones.

January 26, 2017

Red Herring: L.A. Sushi Restaurants Mislabel Fish

By Jacqueline Wen

Efforts in making the fishing industry sustainable may not be as effective due to commonly mislabeled fish.

January 12, 2017

A Voice Against Mental Health Stigma: Gary Tsai, M.D.

By Jacqueline Wen

After experiencing first— hand the stigma and marginalization that surrounds mental health when a family member was diagnosed with schizophrenia, Gary Tsai became an advocate to provide further assistance to those with...

January 4, 2017

New Technique To Revolutionize In Vivo Research

By Jacqueline Wen

Assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department at UCSB, Otger Campàs, develops new technique to study cells in living tissue

November 24, 2016

Physics Phenom: UCSB Physicist Wins 2016 Packard Fellowship

By Jacqueline Wen

Through a simple analogy, Young describes this concept as attending a party in a long, singular hallway.

November 17, 2016

LinkedIn: Creating (Internet) Connections

By Jacqueline Wen

Presently, fewer than 10 percent of Native Americans on tribal reservations have access to broadband internet.

November 10, 2016

Where the Wild Things Are

By Jacqueline Wen

As the UC Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve’s resident director, Don Canestro is certainly not reserved about his affection for the 600 acres of largely undeveloped land that is both his workplace and his home. L...