Science & Tech

When the Data Lies: The Consequences of Racial Bias In Research and Algorithms

February 22, 2022 by

When data itself is skewed, how do the findings themselves — or even policies and outcomes — get affected by such biases? 
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Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary Garners Public Support for Official Designation

February 22, 2022 by

The sanctuary will protect a crucial part of the California coastline which includes culturally important sites for the Chumash people, valuable oceanographic features and a rich ecosystem.
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Simply Stated: Why Don’t Humans Just Screw Themselves?

February 14, 2022 by

Extensive research has been conducted on the neurochemical basis of love, psychosexual development and genetic connections to sexuality. 
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Peering Into the Sea Otter Genome Reveals Much

February 14, 2022 by

The researchers found an opportunity to learn about the consequences of species-wide declines by looking to otters in the aftermath of the fur trade.
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UCSB’s Young Lab Pioneers New Method of Inducing Superconducting State

February 9, 2022 by

For the UCSB researchers, having a superconducting ground state allowed them to subject the sample to a battery of experimental conditions without destroying the sample.
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Living on the Margins: Shrinking Forest Footprints in the Future American West

February 9, 2022 by

“I guess the message would be there's actually a pretty nuanced response, potentially, to how we might see more ecosystems affected by climate change,” Professor Anna Trugman said.
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

February 9, 2022 by

A look at phone-based COVID tests, the unwelcome palms of Palmyra Atoll and the Ciona.
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In Race Against New Wave, UCSB Researcher Develops Assay to ID Omicron

January 27, 2022 by

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. Ari...
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

January 27, 2022 by

A look at predator-prey interactions, endangered whale protection, and volcanic hotspots.
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Simply Stated: Food Fight? “Starving” the Cancer

January 27, 2022 by

Diet accounts for 30-50% of environmentally caused cancers. With a normal balance of angiogenesis, your body can prevent blood vessels from ever reaching cancer cells, thereby preventing tumors from g...
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At North Campus Open Space, Years of Restoration Work Unveil a Transformed Landscape

January 13, 2022 by

In a landmark conservation deal with the Trust for Public Land in 2013, Ocean Meadows Golf Club was sold by its owner, Mark Green, for $7 million, with a further $10 million raised to facilitate the g...
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

January 13, 2022 by

A look at zwitterionic SPEs, plant population dynamics, and the prospect of interstellar space travel.
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How The Omicron Variant Impacts Our Path To COVID-19 Endemicity

January 5, 2022 by

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...
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Simply Stated: Does it Really Never Rain in Southern California?

December 19, 2021 by

In California, high pressure during much of the year steers storms well clear of the state.
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NASA and SpaceX Launch Mission to Crash Spacecraft Into Asteroid From California Coast

December 5, 2021 by

Next October, after nearly a year of coasting, DART will intersect with a pair of asteroids in interplanetary space.
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