Science & Tech

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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Understanding the Social Implications of COVID-19

May 27, 2020 by

The May 12 session of “Issues, Approaches, and Consequences of the COVID-19 Crisis” featured Professors Heejung Kim, David Sherman and Robin Nabi. 
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Having Vivid or Bad Dreams During the Pandemic? You’re Not Alone

May 22, 2020 by

The phenomenon of unusual sleep experiences during the pandemic may be due to “emotional overloading,” according to Professor Steve Smith.
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Partisanship, Racial Politics, Public Health and the Planet

May 21, 2020 by

Ian Carrillo seeks to add another dimension to a debate in environmental sociology.
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The Economics of the COVID-19 Crisis with Peter Rupert

May 18, 2020 by

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.
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Goleta Beach Water Quality Deteriorated After 2018 Montecito Mudslide Cleanup Efforts

May 16, 2020 by

UC Santa Barbara researchers examined the possible impacts of sediment disposal on the water quality at Goleta Beach.
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A Touchy Subject: UCSB Researchers Model Signals of Touch in the Human Hand

May 13, 2020 by

The researchers used a dimensionality reduction model to simplify the tactile signals of the hands. These were detected by sensors on an apparatus.
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UCSB Professors Discuss Uncertainty in COVID-19 Datasets

May 11, 2020 by

The seminar is the third of the UC Santa Barbara’s interdisciplinary COVID-19 Webinar series.
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Experiments With Drosophila Flies Raise Questions About Function of Opsins

May 9, 2020 by

For over a century, opsins have historically been observed operating in rhodopsin, a light receptor.
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Red Tide, Blue Waves: Bioluminescence in Southern California Beaches

May 6, 2020 by

With water that is a murky brown by day and a brilliant electric blue by night, many beaches in Southern California have been reporting bioluminescent waves crashing against the coastline. 
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