Science & Tech

Mechanical Engineering Professor Receives $1.8 Million NSF Grant

October 14, 2021 by

“The grant will provide opportunities for training students in how to incorporate biological circuits and elements into designer materials and then the deployment of those materials in useful device...
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Simply Stated: Is There Such a Thing as “Good Fire?”

October 14, 2021 by

Is the Alisal Fire a “good fire” or a “bad fire?” Well, it depends.
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The Psychological Science Behind Pseudoscience

October 8, 2021 by

How do pseudoscientific beliefs, as they are called, spread and come to be accepted by many as fact? 
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Mathematics Professor Xin Zhou Invited To Speak at International Congress of Mathematicians

October 8, 2021 by

The ICM is considered to be “the most influential meeting in pure and applied mathematics, as well as one of the world’s oldest scientific congresses.”
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The State of COVID-19 Boosters in the United States

October 7, 2021 by

Although the COVID-19 vaccine remains highly effective against COVID-19, this effectiveness decreases over time.
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

October 7, 2021 by

A look at crops, climate and bears with the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management.
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Simply Stated: It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity

October 7, 2021 by

I find that being near a body of water does much for the mind and soul. But, my God, what it does to the hair.
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Back From the Brink: 20 Years of Snowy Plover Conservation at Coal Oil Point Reserve

September 30, 2021 by

A challenge since the program was established has been balancing recreational access to Sands Beach with the interests of the plovers.
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SB County Begins Rollout Of Pfizer Booster Shots To Vulnerable Populations

September 30, 2021 by

These guidelines do not apply to those who received the Moderna or Janssen (J&J) vaccine.
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Tracing the Pandemics of California Past

September 25, 2021 by

One of the most devastating impacts to arise from the Spanish colonial system emerged in the form of disease.
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As Oceanic Oxygen Levels Drop in Warming Seas, Fish Flee to Shallower Waters, Researchers Find

September 23, 2021 by

Often, the major focuses of ocean climate change are bold and visible: The melting Arctic ice sheet, bleached and weakened tropical reefs and ocean acidification come to mind.  However, an equally im...
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Professor Mostofi Uses WiFi Signals for Crowd Counting

September 23, 2021 by

Since 2009, UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Professor Yasamin Mostofi and her lab have pioneered groundbreaking sensing methods using everyday radio frequency ...
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In a Landscape of Wet-Dry Whiplash, UCSB Researcher Develops New Method to Predict Water Deficits During Growing Season

September 21, 2021 by

In order to avert catastrophe and mitigate the worst human impacts of drought, many researchers have devised ways to predict the effects of natural disasters.
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To the Limit: Long-Term Study Reveals How Kelp Forests Respond to Repeated Disturbances

August 29, 2021 by

The researchers were particularly interested in how the different layers of vegetation throughout the kelp forest would adapt to the loss of the canopy.
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With California Heating Up, UCSB Researchers Study the Future of the State’s Fires

August 26, 2021 by

In their most recent research, Tague and her collaborators focused on the Big Creek watershed in the southern Sierra Nevada, a region which is particularly sensitive to climate change.
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