Science & Tech

UCSB Researchers Demonstrate Potential of Antibody-Measurement Technique Using HIV Samples

April 21, 2020 by

Antibodies are crucial diagnostic biomarkers that can inform a quick diagnosis of a medical condition in an individual.
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Q&A on COVID-19 With Dzwokai Zach Ma

April 20, 2020 by

Dzwokai Zach Ma, UCSB associate professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, answers questions about the COVID-19 pandemic and SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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“I think we’re all trying to help out as much as we can”: UCSB Researchers Utilize Resources To Help Fight Coronavirus

April 20, 2020 by and

The production of face shields on campus is just one example of how skilled students, researchers and scientists are uniting to help the community through the coronavirus pandemic.
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California Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment and Living Shoreline Restoration Opportunities

April 15, 2020 by

In the seminar, Mann provided not only information about what California as a whole has done to protect our coast but also specific actions Santa Barbara County has taken to make contributions.
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UCSB Researchers Investigate the Impact of Nitrogen Pollution on Coral Bleaching in Moorea, French Polynesia

April 14, 2020 by

Researchers have discovered an important relationship between the extent of coral bleaching experienced by a reef and the level of nutrient pollution present in the water the reef is in.
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Re-examining Remote Kelp Forests After 45 Years

April 9, 2020 by

Studying kelp forests in remote areas could allow investigators to tease apart human impacts from natural changes.
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Campus Lagoon: Yesterday’s Memory and Today’s Home

April 7, 2020 by

Besides attracting a great deal of sunset photos and nostalgia for UCSB students in quarantine, the Campus Lagoon plays host to a wide variety of flora and fauna.
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UCSB Receives NSF Grant To Train a New Generation of Data Scientists

April 2, 2020 by

To foster student engagement in data science education and outreach, the National Science Foundation’s Central Coast Data Science Initiative has awarded UCSB nearly $920,000 over three years.
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Viral Outbreaks Through the Years

April 2, 2020 by

From the common influenza to the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, mankind has consistently been at the mercy of viral outbreaks.
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Better Together: The Evolution of Commitment and Altruism in Relationships

March 31, 2020 by

The paper aimed to answer two questions: Why do people care about the commitment of others, and why do we use gifts and other acts of kindness to display our own commitment?
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UCSB Researcher Investigates Strategies for Reducing Metastatic Potential of Cancer Cell Clusters

March 26, 2020 by

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

March 18, 2020 by

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

March 16, 2020 by

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

March 11, 2020 by

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

March 6, 2020 by

Bryson wanted to explore the human body from the perspective of a “user,” as he calls himself.
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