Science & Tech

October 21, 2021

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Sean Crommelin

A look at soil, fish and psychology training programs with UCSB researchers.

October 15, 2021

Los Ingenieros Engineers a Space for Underrepresented Students in S.T.E.M.

By Sean Crommelin

For decades, Los Ingenieros has sought to create a community for underrepresented students in the College of Engineering.

October 14, 2021

Mechanical Engineering Professor Receives $1.8 Million NSF Grant

By Devanshi Tomar

“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 devices that can move, gra...

October 14, 2021

Simply Stated: Is There Such a Thing as “Good Fire?”

By Sean Crommelin

Is the Alisal Fire a “good fire” or a “bad fire?” Well, it depends.

October 8, 2021

The Psychological Science Behind Pseudoscience

By Sean Crommelin

How do pseudoscientific beliefs, as they are called, spread and come to be accepted by many as fact? 

October 8, 2021

Mathematics Professor Xin Zhou Invited To Speak at International Congress of Mathematicians

By Devanshi Tomar

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.”

October 7, 2021

The State of COVID-19 Boosters in the United States

By Devanshi Tomar

Although the COVID-19 vaccine remains highly effective against COVID-19, this effectiveness decreases over time.

October 7, 2021

Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

By Sean Crommelin

A look at crops, climate and bears with the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management.

October 7, 2021

Simply Stated: It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity

By Devanshi Tomar

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.

September 30, 2021

Back From the Brink: 20 Years of Snowy Plover Conservation at Coal Oil Point Reserve

By Sean Crommelin

A challenge since the program was established has been balancing recreational access to Sands Beach with the interests of the plovers.

September 30, 2021

SB County Begins Rollout Of Pfizer Booster Shots To Vulnerable Populations

By Devanshi Tomar

These guidelines do not apply to those who received the Moderna or Janssen (J&J) vaccine.

September 25, 2021

Tracing the Pandemics of California Past

By Sean Crommelin

One of the most devastating impacts to arise from the Spanish colonial system emerged in the form of disease.

September 23, 2021

As Oceanic Oxygen Levels Drop in Warming Seas, Fish Flee to Shallower Waters, Researchers Find

By Sean Crommelin

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 important, but often-o...

September 23, 2021

Professor Mostofi Uses WiFi Signals for Crowd Counting

By Devanshi Tomar

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 (RF) signals. Their ...

September 21, 2021

In a Landscape of Wet-Dry Whiplash, UCSB Researcher Develops New Method to Predict Water Deficits During Growing Season

By Sean Crommelin

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.

August 29, 2021

To the Limit: Long-Term Study Reveals How Kelp Forests Respond to Repeated Disturbances

By Sean Crommelin

The researchers were particularly interested in how the different layers of vegetation throughout the kelp forest would adapt to the loss of the canopy.