Science & Tech

February 14, 2022

Peering Into the Sea Otter Genome Reveals Much

By Sean Crommelin

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.

February 9, 2022

UCSB’s Young Lab Pioneers New Method of Inducing Superconducting State

By Seamus O'Hara

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.

February 9, 2022

Living on the Margins: Shrinking Forest Footprints in the Future American West

By Sean Crommelin

“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.

February 9, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Sean Crommelin

A look at phone-based COVID tests, the unwelcome palms of Palmyra Atoll and the Ciona.

January 27, 2022

In Race Against New Wave, UCSB Researcher Develops Assay to ID Omicron

By Devanshi Tomar

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. Arias and Dr. Lynn Fitz...

January 27, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Sean Crommelin

A look at predator-prey interactions, endangered whale protection, and volcanic hotspots.

January 27, 2022

Simply Stated: Food Fight? “Starving” the Cancer

By Audrey Moeller

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 growing.

January 13, 2022

At North Campus Open Space, Years of Restoration Work Unveil a Transformed Landscape

By Sean Crommelin

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 golf course’s trans...

January 13, 2022

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Devanshi Tomar

A look at zwitterionic SPEs, plant population dynamics, and the prospect of interstellar space travel.

January 5, 2022

How The Omicron Variant Impacts Our Path To COVID-19 Endemicity

By Devanshi Tomar

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 there. And until th...

December 19, 2021

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

By Sean Crommelin

In California, high pressure during much of the year steers storms well clear of the state.

December 5, 2021

NASA and SpaceX Launch Mission to Crash Spacecraft Into Asteroid From California Coast

By Mark Alfred

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

December 5, 2021

Simply Stated: What Is the Best Form of Caffeine?

By Audrey Moeller

What should you be drinking to stay fueled and focused?

December 5, 2021

UCSB Earth Science Researchers Map Fossil History in Ediacaran Era

By Anaya Khan

MacDonald and collaborators were able to extract accurate dates from the use of a rhenium-osmium chronometer.

November 23, 2021

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Sean Crommelin

A look at rockfish, LED lights, and fire probability predictions with UCSB researchers.

November 23, 2021

Simply Stated: What Are The Stages of Vaccine Development?

By Audrey Moeller

On November 2, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was approved for administration in an age-appropriate dosage for children aged 5-11. With this recent milestone, many of us have been wondering what the vaccine develop...