Science & Tech

Who Decides — or Is Able — To Stay Home? Researchers Observe Mobility Drop Among the Wealthy and Increase Among the Poor During Quarantine

August 27, 2020 by

The foundational research is among the first of its kind to examine the role of income “as a predictor of social distancing behavior."
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“That Anthro Podcast” Shines a Spotlight on UCSB Anthropology Department

August 23, 2020 by

Campbell and her guests have already covered such seemingly disparate subjects as the role of forensics in bioarchaeology and studies of land use in ecological anthropology.
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Researchers Uncover Miniaturized Relative of Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs From Triassic Madagascar

August 17, 2020 by

Although a complete skeleton of K. kely has not been recovered, fossil fragments have given researchers a good idea of what the animal was like. 
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Building Wheat to Take the Heat

August 14, 2020 by

There is much interest in making wheat resilient to drought and better cope with its varietal stressors, such as heat. 
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UCSB Researchers Propose a Solution to Address “Bottlenecks” in COVID-19 Testing

July 29, 2020 by

The research team developed a method called Precipitation Enhanced Analyte RetrievaL, or PEARL for short.
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Bright Ideas: UCSB Researchers Establish a Laboratory Culture of Bioluminescent Ostracods

July 23, 2020 by

Establishing a laboratory culture of V. tsujii allowed the team to make observations regarding the ostracod's development.
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Friends of the Island Fox Bolsters Research and Conservation Initiatives With Much-Needed Funds

July 19, 2020 by

Friends of the Island Fox works alongside the patchwork of organizations governing the Channel Islands in their “efforts to preserve and protect the island fox."
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With Face-to-Face Interaction on Pause, Videoconferencing Offers Effective Behavioral Intervention Programs For Those With ASD

July 13, 2020 by

Led by Katerina Ford, this is the first study on utilizing videoconferencing through remote intervention within the homes of individuals with ASD.
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Researchers Reconstruct Oceanic Nitrous Oxide Emissions, Revealing Intriguing Patterns

July 6, 2020 by

The researchers used 158,000 measurements in their reconstruction and —among other things— uncovered a seasonal pattern in nitrous oxide emissions.
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Research Into This Elegant Wildflower Brings Climate Center Stage

July 3, 2020 by

Peach sought to examine the effects that particular conditions correlated to climate have on the floral reproductive traits of the wildflower.
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The Differences Between Us: Disparities in American Healthcare

June 22, 2020 by

Data shows persistent racial inequities in access to healthcare across the United States. However, there are also some promising positive trends.
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The Remarkable Recovery of the Channel Island Fox

June 13, 2020 by

In the late 1990s, the foxes were on a precipice. Now —two decades later— they stand as symbols of an incredible success story in conservation.
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Advancing Green Chemistry With Professor Adeyemi Adeleye

June 9, 2020 by

Adeleye spoke on two particular ways that his graduate students have been developing methods and processes to improve pollution remediation with green chemistry. 
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UCSB Researcher Illuminates Serotonin Trajectories, Density in the Brain

June 5, 2020 by

New research describes using fractional Brownian motion to create predictive “descriptions and manipulations” of the serotonergic matrix.
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UCSB Researchers Investigate the “Untapped Gold Mine” of Wastewater Testing for COVID-19

May 28, 2020 by

Sewage surveillance has been employed to track the presence of opiates in wastewater previously. Now, scientists are using it to track COVID-19 in the population.
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