Science and Technology Primer: Eugenics and Modern Reproductive Technologies

April 22, 2002 by

A Short Guide to Reproductive Bioethics.
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Heading for the Light

April 9, 2002 by

Hewlett-Packard, Xerox, Stanley Electric, Sharp, Sanyo, Sumitomo, Toshiba, Toyoda Gosei, NEC, Sony, Philips and two dozen universities spent a total of $1 billion trying to catch up to Shuji Nakamura ...
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The Red Tape: Big Bad Websites Can’t Give Cookies to Children – Can I Be 12?

April 8, 2002 by

I am about to turn 12 - online anyway. You see, although I'm 21 years old at the moment, I stumbled across some information about online marketing that has put me in touch with my inner child.
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Red Tape: The Cutting Edge of Adventure

April 3, 2002 by

Ahh, the sights and sounds of southwest Utah: the babbling streams, the venous walls of crimson rock towering above the desert floor, and the Traveler-model Swiss army knife blade protruding from my h...
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Livermore Lab Searches for New Director

April 2, 2002 by

The Committee to Advise the [University of California] President on the Selection of a Director for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) met in closed session on Wednesday, March 27 to review...
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Nanosystems Institute cures parking problem with very small cars

April 1, 2002 by

The proposed construction site for the new California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) building will eliminate 1,407 parking spaces at UCSB.
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Red Tape: Pricey Adventures in College Rentals

March 6, 2002 by

I slept on the couch at a friend's apartment in San Jose. The major difference is simple: the price. Three girls live here for around $430 a month per person. My three-bedroom apartment holds 6 people...
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Lab Begins Search for New Director

March 4, 2002 by

Six months from now, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will have a new director. It just won't be an easy decision.
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Academy Adds UCSB Engineers to Ranks

March 1, 2002 by

UCSB electrical and computer engineering professor and California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) Director Evelyn Hu, and UCSB materials/physics professor and Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger were elected to t...
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Vision

February 13, 2002 by

One out of every 10 people over the age of 60 will lose all or part of their vision to the eye disease known as age-related macular degeneration. Six years ago, researchers at UCSB set out to discover...
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Red Tape: ‘Sexual Assault Is Never Okay – Even Against a Car’

February 4, 2002 by

Vandalism sucks. And no one is reporting it. Between the years of 1996 and 2000, the number of reported on-campus vandalism incidents ranged between 61 and 76 per year.
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Could Be Genetic

January 30, 2002 by

From his window office in Biological Sciences II,geneticist Robert Sinsheimer reflects on his life, on his science, and on the science of life.
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Red Tape: RBT Has No Class When It Comes to Your Registration

January 23, 2002 by

I just successfully crashed into my math course. So did half of the class, it seems. No, it wasn't impacted that badly. And no, they didn't open an extra section. So what was keeping people out?
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Laser Provides New Way to Locate Star

January 17, 2002 by

The first hydrogen bomb, developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, was many times brighter than the sun. Now LLNL has introduced a new phenomenon: a virtual star.
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Year In Review

January 15, 2002 by

To ring in the new year, I have compiled a list of notable achievements in science and technology at UCSB in 2001.
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