Sabrina Ricci

May 12, 2008

Fecal Matters Dampen Sunny Saturday for I.V. Resident

By Sabrina Ricci

As of Saturday, my apartment has given new meaning to the phrase "crappy college apartment." My upstairs neighbors apparently do not know how pipes work, and when they threw a party they decided it would be a good idea t...

May 6, 2008

Scientists Find That Viruses Can Cross Species Barrier

By Sabrina Ricci

When it comes to infectious diseases, no line exists between wild animals and humans.

March 10, 2008

UCSB Student Creates a Pill To Relieve Asthma

By Sabrina Ricci

People with chronic asthma can now breathe easy with fifth-year global studies major Caesar Ho's new asthma-relieving pill, BreatheFree.

February 29, 2008

I.V. Short-Shrifts the Height Challenged

By Sabrina Ricci

I am nearly 5 feet 2 inches tall. Being petite has its advantages: People think I'm cute, I can pass for 12-years-old and pay child's fare for ski lifts, and if there is a large crowd watching some sort of spectacle, I c...

February 26, 2008

Astronomers Strive For Global Network of Telescopes

By Sabrina Ricci

Santa Barbara's Las Cumbres Observatory is as immaculately clean as an operating room. On the ground leading to the entrance of its lab lies a four-by-six white sheet, which at first seems insignificant in a room full of...

February 21, 2008

I.V. Treasures Include Unexpected Visitors

By Sabrina Ricci

"Jaime! Sabrina! Help!" I opened my bedroom door and saw my housemate, Alice, chase after a four-foot long sleek, dark brown dog with a fiercely wagging tail down our narrow hallway in our three-bedroom apartment.

February 6, 2008

Researchers Find Tough Life of Fish to be Good

By Sabrina Ricci

UCSB researchers have discovered something fishy about the phrase, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

January 29, 2008

UCSB Hosts Third Annual Energy Conference

By Sabrina Ricci

Centering on discussions ranging from reduced gas emissions to electric batteries that last for 150 miles, the Third Annual Emerging Energy Technologies Summit will take place at UCSB next month.

January 23, 2008

UCSB Materials Go Global

By Sabrina Ricci

In an East meets West conference held in Taiwan last week, UCSB and Taiwanese professors agreed: Good things come in nano-sized packages.

January 16, 2008

UCSB Scientists See Double Einstein Ring for First Time

By Sabrina Ricci

While staring into space, two UCSB researchers may have stumbled upon new evidence that could one day answer the cosmic question: How fast is the universe expanding?

January 16, 2008

Famous Biologist James Thomson Joins UCSB to Study Cells

By Sabrina Ricci

James Thomson, the stem cell pioneer who recently discovered that scientists can reprogram skin cells to act like stem cells by adding four genes, will soon join UCSB to further develop his research in a laboratory on ca...

January 15, 2008

UCSB Scientists See Double Einstein Ring for First Time

By Sabrina Ricci

While staring into space, two UCSB researchers may have stumbled upon new evidence that could one day answer the cosmic question: How fast is the universe expanding?

January 15, 2008

Famous Biologist James Thomson Joins UCSB to Study Cells

By Sabrina Ricci

James Thomson, the stem cell pioneer who recently discovered that scientists can reprogram skin cells to act like stem cells by adding four genes, will soon join UCSB to further develop his research in a laboratory on ca...

December 6, 2007

UCSB Scientists Expand Their Stem Cell Research

By Sabrina Ricci

UCSB scientists hoping to find treatments for conditions ranging from elderly blindness to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's Disease recently received a significant boost to their efforts with the addition of two new stem cell...

December 6, 2007

Gaucho Professor Garners Science Fellow Award

By Sabrina Ricci

Guillermo Bazan, a UCSB chemistry and biochemistry professor, recently received national recognition for his work with polyolefins - molecules used to produce materials such as plastic.

November 29, 2007

Association Honors UCSB’s Harthorn

By Sabrina Ricci

Barbara Herr Harthorn, a master of interdisciplinary studies and a UCSB women's studies professor, combines gender, race, class and media issues - all under the umbrella of nanotechnology.