Science & Tech

July 19, 2020

Friends of the Island Fox Bolsters Research and Conservation Initiatives With Much-Needed Funds

By Sean Crommelin

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."

July 13, 2020

With Face-to-Face Interaction on Pause, Videoconferencing Offers Effective Behavioral Intervention Programs For Those With ASD

By Anna Basa

Led by Katerina Ford, this is the first study on utilizing videoconferencing through remote intervention within the homes of individuals with ASD.

July 6, 2020

Researchers Reconstruct Oceanic Nitrous Oxide Emissions, Revealing Intriguing Patterns

By Sean Crommelin

The researchers used 158,000 measurements in their reconstruction and —among other things— uncovered a seasonal pattern in nitrous oxide emissions.

July 3, 2020

Research Into This Elegant Wildflower Brings Climate Center Stage

By Sean Crommelin

Peach sought to examine the effects that particular conditions correlated to climate have on the floral reproductive traits of the wildflower.

June 22, 2020

The Differences Between Us: Disparities in American Healthcare

By Leon Liu

Data shows persistent racial inequities in access to healthcare across the United States. However, there are also some promising positive trends.

June 13, 2020

The Remarkable Recovery of the Channel Island Fox

By Sean Crommelin

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.

June 9, 2020

Advancing Green Chemistry With Professor Adeyemi Adeleye

By Sean Crommelin

Adeleye spoke on two particular ways that his graduate students have been developing methods and processes to improve pollution remediation with green chemistry.

June 5, 2020

UCSB Researcher Illuminates Serotonin Trajectories, Density in the Brain

By Sean Crommelin

New research describes using fractional Brownian motion to create predictive “descriptions and manipulations” of the serotonergic matrix.

May 28, 2020

UCSB Researchers Investigate the “Untapped Gold Mine” of Wastewater Testing for COVID-19

By Sean Crommelin

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.

May 27, 2020

Understanding the Social Implications of COVID-19

By Anna Basa

The May 12 session of “Issues, Approaches, and Consequences of the COVID-19 Crisis” featured Professors Heejung Kim, David Sherman and Robin Nabi.

May 22, 2020

Having Vivid or Bad Dreams During the Pandemic? You’re Not Alone

By Jacqueline Wen

The phenomenon of unusual sleep experiences during the pandemic may be due to “emotional overloading,” according to Professor Steve Smith.

May 21, 2020

Partisanship, Racial Politics, Public Health and the Planet

By Sean Crommelin

Ian Carrillo seeks to add another dimension to a debate in environmental sociology.

May 18, 2020

The Economics of the COVID-19 Crisis with Peter Rupert

By Anna Basa

Rupert introduced the Mortensen-Pissarides model for unemployment to the S.I.R. model for infectious diseases to estimate the effects of COVID-19 on the labor force.