Science & Tech

UCSB Researcher Investigates Strategies for Reducing Metastatic Potential of Cancer Cell Clusters

Boddy and her colleagues studied how circulating tumor cell clusters of varying sizes and densities would fare when facing different levels of microenvironmental threats.
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Researchers Assess Ability of Warm and Cold Range Edges To Track Climate Change

The group tested several hypotheses that may explain the shift in a species’ distribution.
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Renowned Journalist David Wallace-Wells Warns Against Very Real Effects of Climate Change

The talk was a shocking recount of the negative effects that humans have already had on the planet and the gravity of the situation if no action is taken.
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Researchers Use New Sequencing Methods To Study Protein Binding and Evolution

UC Santa Barbara researchers have innovatively reimagined the way that protein sequencing is done.
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Bill Bryson Discusses New Book on Miracles of the Human Body

Bryson wanted to explore the human body from the perspective of a “user,” as he calls himself.
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A Hail Mary for the Monarch Butterfly: The Plan To Rehabilitate Ellwood Butterfly Grove

The new Parks and Open Space manager for the Goleta Public Works Department spoke regarding progress made in bringing back the long-declining monarch butterfly to Coronado Preserve and Ellwood.
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UCSB Researchers Investigate Cause of Sodium Dysregulation in Migraine

Identifying the cause of disturbances in brain sodium levels may inform potential migraine treatment.
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UCSB’s Fourth Annual Zero Waste Festival Highlights Sustainability and Waste Reduction

The festival, held at Storke Plaza, featured over a dozen on-campus organizations and local businesses that are dedicated to reducing Goleta’s waste output.
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Researchers in Kruger National Park Observe How Fire and Drought Shape Plant Communities

Scholars capitalized on this devastating drought to obtain information regarding the resilience and resistance of the plant communities found throughout the South African savanna.
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National Society of Black Engineers at UCSB Provides Black S.T.E.M. Students “Encouragement” and “Knowledge”

NSBE also frequently collaborates with another MESA engineering program partner, Los Ingenieros, as well as UCSB’s College of Engineering.
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A Rooted Conversation About Hair

The conversation about natural hair in the African American community has been a hard one, riddled with misconceptions that lend to discriminatory practices both within and outside of the workplace.
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CO₂ and Climate Change: Same Goal, New Perspectives

Hain believes that the boron isotope-pH proxy may be the next step in climate change research, as it generates a baseline representation of the relationship between CO₂ and global temperature.
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Inherited Cancer and Genetics: Mary-Claire King Describes Finding Cancer Susceptibility Gene BRCA1

Due to her dedicated effort, Mary-Claire King has shaped the way the science community views ovarian and breast cancer. 
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Molecular Engineering of Materials for Chemical Sensing and Metal-Organic Frameworks

Currently, Mirica heads a research group whose main focus is “working with different realms of materials to try and find overarching emerging common properties.”
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UCSB Researchers Develop Controlled Phage Therapy Techniques, Potential Alternative to Antibiotics

"Our work is geared toward bringing phage therapy under control so that it can be used safely and more widely,” Irene Chen said.
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