Science & Tech

September 10, 2020

Imperiled by the Pandemic, Dorm Life Finds Refuge on Cyberspace With SixFeet

By Sean Crommelin

Victor Cheng and Aspyn Palatnick created a social media platform which aims to provide users with a “virtual dorm.” 

September 4, 2020

In Photos | Prescribed Burn Conducted on Lagoon Island

By Daily Nexus Photography, Sean Crommelin

At 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 3, a prescribed burn was conducted on Lagoon Island to mitigate the growth of exotic species as part of a restoration effort.

August 30, 2020

“I really do believe that we owe it to future generations to protect these areas”: UCSB Lecturer Creates Website to Spread Awareness of Public Lands

By Sean Crommelin

The compendium provides information about 50 public land destinations within a 300-mile radius of Santa Barbara, specifically using Campbell Hall as the epicenter.

August 27, 2020

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

By Sean Crommelin

The foundational research is among the first of its kind to examine the role of income “as a predictor of social distancing behavior."

August 23, 2020

“That Anthro Podcast” Shines a Spotlight on UCSB Anthropology Department

By Sean Crommelin

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.

August 17, 2020

Researchers Uncover Miniaturized Relative of Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs From Triassic Madagascar

By Sean Crommelin

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. 

August 14, 2020

Building Wheat to Take the Heat

By Sean Crommelin

There is much interest in making wheat resilient to drought and better cope with its varietal stressors, such as heat. 

July 29, 2020

UCSB Researchers Propose a Solution to Address “Bottlenecks” in COVID-19 Testing

By Joshua Pham

The research team developed a method called Precipitation Enhanced Analyte RetrievaL, or PEARL for short.

July 23, 2020

Bright Ideas: UCSB Researchers Establish a Laboratory Culture of Bioluminescent Ostracods

By Sean Crommelin

Establishing a laboratory culture of V. tsujii allowed the team to make observations regarding the ostracod's development.

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.