Science & Tech

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.

March 11, 2020

Researchers Use New Sequencing Methods To Study Protein Binding and Evolution

By Hannah Hirou

UC Santa Barbara researchers have innovatively reimagined the way that protein sequencing is done.

March 6, 2020

Bill Bryson Discusses New Book on Miracles of the Human Body

By Anastassia Dardenne

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

March 5, 2020

A Hail Mary for the Monarch Butterfly: The Plan To Rehabilitate Ellwood Butterfly Grove

By Sean Crommelin

The new Parks and Open Space manager for the Goleta Public Works Department spoke regarding progress made in bringing back the long-declining monarch butterfly to Coronado Preserve and Ellwood.

March 5, 2020

UCSB Researchers Investigate Cause of Sodium Dysregulation in Migraine

By Jacqueline Wen

Identifying the cause of disturbances in brain sodium levels may inform potential migraine treatment.

February 27, 2020

UCSB’s Fourth Annual Zero Waste Festival Highlights Sustainability and Waste Reduction

By Leon Liu

The festival, held at Storke Plaza, featured over a dozen on-campus organizations and local businesses that are dedicated to reducing Goleta’s waste output.

February 27, 2020

Researchers in Kruger National Park Observe How Fire and Drought Shape Plant Communities

By Sean Crommelin

Scholars capitalized on this devastating drought to obtain information regarding the resilience and resistance of the plant communities found throughout the South African savanna.

February 20, 2020

National Society of Black Engineers at UCSB Provides Black S.T.E.M. Students “Encouragement” and “Knowledge”

By Jacqueline Wen

NSBE also frequently collaborates with another MESA engineering program partner, Los Ingenieros, as well as UCSB’s College of Engineering.

February 20, 2020

A Rooted Conversation About Hair

By Surya Pugal

The conversation about natural hair in the African American community has been a hard one, riddled with misconceptions that lend to discriminatory practices both within and outside of the workplace.