Science & Tech

April 30, 2020

UCSB Natural Science Departments Conduct Spring Quarter Lab Classes Remotely

By Gracie Shi

With the transition from in-person to online lab classes, lab instructors, TAs and students are learning to adapt to the new format.

April 27, 2020

27-Year Monitoring Project Reveals Regional Effects of ENSO on Sea Urchin Settlement

By Sean Crommelin

Inspired by similar sites in Japan and the East Coast, Schroeter’s team initially conceived the project as a means to monitor enhancement strategies for red sea urchins as a commercial fishery.

April 23, 2020

Clear As Mud: Planktonic Remains in Millenia-Old Mud Reveal Climate History of Pacific

By Sean Crommelin

The scientists' findings and modeling are part of ongoing research that hopes to understand the effect changes in climate may have on the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

April 21, 2020

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

By Jacqueline Wen

Antibodies are crucial diagnostic biomarkers that can inform a quick diagnosis of a medical condition in an individual.

April 20, 2020

Q&A on COVID-19 With Dzwokai Zach Ma

By Leon Liu

Dzwokai Zach Ma, UCSB associate professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology, answers questions about the COVID-19 pandemic and SARS-CoV-2 virus.

April 20, 2020

“I think we’re all trying to help out as much as we can”: UCSB Researchers Utilize Resources To Help Fight Coronavirus

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe, Jacqueline Wen

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.

April 15, 2020

California Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment and Living Shoreline Restoration Opportunities

By Gracie Shi

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.

April 14, 2020

UCSB Researchers Investigate the Impact of Nitrogen Pollution on Coral Bleaching in Moorea, French Polynesia

By Sean Crommelin

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.

April 9, 2020

Re-examining Remote Kelp Forests After 45 Years

By Jacqueline Wen

Studying kelp forests in remote areas could allow investigators to tease apart human impacts from natural changes.

April 7, 2020

Campus Lagoon: Yesterday’s Memory and Today’s Home

By Yiu-On Li

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.

April 2, 2020

UCSB Receives NSF Grant To Train a New Generation of Data Scientists

By Jacqueline Wen

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.

April 2, 2020

Viral Outbreaks Through the Years

By Leon Liu

From the common influenza to the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, mankind has consistently been at the mercy of viral outbreaks.

March 31, 2020

Better Together: The Evolution of Commitment and Altruism in Relationships

By Jacqueline Wen

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?

March 26, 2020

UCSB Researcher Investigates Strategies for Reducing Metastatic Potential of Cancer Cell Clusters

By Jacqueline Wen

Boddy and her colleagues studied how circulating tumor cell clusters of varying sizes and densities would fare when facing different levels of microenvironmental threats.

March 18, 2020

Researchers Assess Ability of Warm and Cold Range Edges To Track Climate Change

By Jacqueline Wen

The group tested several hypotheses that may explain the shift in a species’ distribution.

March 16, 2020

Renowned Journalist David Wallace-Wells Warns Against Very Real Effects of Climate Change

By Anastassia Dardenne

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.