Science & Tech

Looking Back at the Campaign to Save the West Mesa

August 10, 2021 by

Now, as part of Phase 2, fundraising is being done to create an endowment and restore the West Mesa.
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UC Researchers Dive Deeper Into the Nitrogen Cycle at Sedgwick Reserve

August 3, 2021 by

“Although it's interesting that rock is delivering nitrogen to ecosystems, at least in Sedgwick it’s not going to be a big contributor to the functioning of the system,” Chadwick said.
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Researchers Study PTSD-related Symptoms Among LGBTQ Latinx Immigrants

July 18, 2021 by

Researchers discovered that not even high levels of social support insulated SGM Latinx immigrants from developing symptoms. 
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With Life Cycle Assessment, Researchers Peer Into the Environmental Legacy of Products

June 26, 2021 by

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a way of measuring the environmental impacts in the stages of a product's life.
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UCSB Researchers Study “Collective Intelligence” In Effort to Understand Why Some Groups Fly While Others Flounder

June 20, 2021 by

Kim and her collaborators carried out a meta-analysis on 22 studies evaluating collective intelligence in 1,356 groups and 5,279 individuals. 
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Thinking Ahead: How Do UCSB Students Feel About Climate Change?

June 20, 2021 by

Julia Fine worked alongside an array of collaborators to better understand how UCSB students relate to the climate crisis.
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Fleshing Out the Meaning of Regenerative Agriculture

June 12, 2021 by

While regenerative agriculture is still very much a fluid concept, its momentum is steadfast.
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UCSB Researchers Uncover Pharmaceutical Potential in the Microbiota of Animal Digestive Tracts

May 23, 2021 by

From fungi within these animals, the researchers found a host of genes which encode for biosynthetic enzymes and in turn natural products. 
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Unlearning the “In-group Versus Out-group” Instinct

May 23, 2021 by

Liberman has been conducting research with the hope of understanding how parents can raise their children to avoid falling into the trap of stereotyping.
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New Evidence from Yucatán Caves Pour In, Suggesting Region Was Wetter Millennia Ago

May 20, 2021 by

The team learned this by examining the isotope composition of stalagmites, mounds of mineral deposits found on the floors of caves that grow upward as water drips from cave ceilings.
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Every Last Sun Drop: UCSB Researchers Increase Solar Cell Efficiency With Perovskite Crystals

May 20, 2021 by

“It may not be long before people are putting hybrid-perovskite-based solar cells on their roofs."
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Star Tunicate’s Vascular System Sheds Light on Future Treatments for Aging-Associated Diseases

May 19, 2021 by

One of the questions the researchers asked was how an old-appearing blood vessel cell is different from a young-appearing cell.
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Putting “Zoom Fatigue” On Mute: UCSB Researcher Explains Why Video Calls Can Be So Exhausting

May 9, 2021 by

On Zoom, exhaustion comes from the inability to distinguish between person, background and technology, according to Nadler.
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UCSB Researchers Piece Together Detailed Kelp Forest Food Web, Incorporating Parasites

May 2, 2021 by

Morton hopes that the higher resolution of this food web will aid in efficiency and clarity for future research.
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Forks in the Road Emerge in India’s Quest to Expand Renewables

April 25, 2021 by

The country hopes to install more than 400 gigawatts of wind and solar generation by the year 2030.
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