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Researchers Find Tough Life of Fish to be Good

February 6, 2008 by

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

January 29, 2008 by

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.
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Nexus Quickies

January 29, 2008 by

UC Santa Barbara UCSB Psychologist Earns Troland Research Award UCSB psychology professor Miguel P. Eckstein was awarded the $50,000 Troland Research Award for his research in experimental psychology ...
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The Lineup Week of 1/24/08

January 24, 2008 by

1. Bored with the same old stock board games? Well, grab your Get Out of Jail Free" card and head over to www.hasbro.com/games/en_GB/kid-games/monopoly, where you can vote for your favorite cities to ...
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UCSB Materials Go Global

January 23, 2008 by

In an East meets West conference held in Taiwan last week, UCSB and Taiwanese professors agreed: Good things come in nano-sized packages.
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UCSB Scientists See Double Einstein Ring for First Time

January 16, 2008 by

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?
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Famous Biologist James Thomson Joins UCSB to Study Cells

January 16, 2008 by

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 i...
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UCSB Scientists See Double Einstein Ring for First Time

January 15, 2008 by

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?
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Famous Biologist James Thomson Joins UCSB to Study Cells

January 15, 2008 by

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 i...
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UCSB Dean Wins Award for Water Quality Findings

November 28, 2007 by

With projects spanning the globe, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management Associate Dean John Melack's work on water quality has recently earned him a national fellowship.
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Physics Professor Receives Fellow Award for Research

November 7, 2007 by

As a kid, Jeffrey Richman spent a lot of time around both particle accelerators and dockyards.
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The Line-Up

October 25, 2007 by

1. Borat creator and funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen welcomed his first child with fiancé Isla Fisher last Friday. Very nice!
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Study To Track Climate Shift From Cycles in Nature

October 19, 2007 by

UCSB researchers have recently pioneered the new Phenology Stewardship Program, a novel field of study meant to measure the subtle effects of global climate change on nature.
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The Lineup

October 11, 2007 by

1. Lindsay Lohan allegedly left rehab on Oct. 5, moving to an outpatient program and saying she wants to avoid temptation by staying in Utah. Here's to the streets of L.A. staying safe for another day...
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Physicists Snap Images of Tiny Galaxy

October 9, 2007 by

Using Albert Einstein's cosmic magnifying glass, UCSB researchers have spied one of the smallest known galaxies in the universe.
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