Science & Tech

UCSB’s Bridge to the Doctorate Program

May 2, 2019 by

The Bridge to the Doctorate program aims to “enhance the diversity of STEM graduate education by recruiting, enrolling, training and graduating a cohort of 12 talented doctoral students."
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UCSB Researchers Investigate Factors Affecting Gasoline Price Variability in Santa Barbara County

April 25, 2019 by

“If a gas station is closer to a school district or a shopping mall, it’s going to have higher gasoline prices to take advantage of the fact that people are usually going to fill up their tanks on...
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Exploring Mental Health Through the Art of Film

April 25, 2019 by

During Active Minds' “Movies for Mental Health” event, several short films about various mental illnesses were screened and four UCSB undergraduates courageously shared their personal struggles wi...
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There Are Not Plenty of Fish in the Sea

April 18, 2019 by

The paper also forecasted “winning” and “losing” ecosystems under warming waters, in which certain regions of the world would experience a loss of fish diversity and availability.
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UCSB Researchers Find Novel Genetic Mutation for Alzheimer’s Disease

April 18, 2019 by

A second Colombian family with a novel mutation on the same gene for inherited Alzheimer’s disease had been discovered.
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You’re Just Too Funny For Me

April 11, 2019 by

A male friend's opinion adds to a plethora of evidence — both empirical and anecdotal — indicating that men are often perceived as the funnier sex.
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The Future of Protein?

April 11, 2019 by

Switching to plant-based and cell-based foods would significantly reduce land and water use and emissions compared to their conventional animal counterparts.
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To Drink or Not To Drink

April 4, 2019 by

Szumlinski's team has detected a mechanism within the amygdaloid region of the brain which can be suppressed and therefore fails to properly regulate the urge to consume alcohol.
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UC Kicks Off Cool Campus Challenge for Month of April

April 4, 2019 by

From April 1–26, all 10 UC campuses will be going head-to-head for all students, faculty and staff to “reduce UC’s carbon footprint and create a culture of sustainability across the campuses,”...
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Two UCSB Faculty Named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows

March 28, 2019 by

UCSB’s Sloan Research Fellowship recipients are Thomas Sprague for neuroscience and Xin Zhou for mathematics.
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From Apprentice to Shadow: How Intelligent Machines are Changing Learning in the Workplace

March 14, 2019 by

Beane's TED Talk strives to shed light on this issue to people involved in technology integration so that they may be able to change the course of intelligent machines in the workforce.
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The Grass is Greener

March 14, 2019 by

“Our long-term goal is to create sustainable biofuels and bioenergy that not only can displace fossil fuels but also bring in other ecological and environmental benefits, like high-diversity prairie...
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First North American Occurrence of Rare Sunfish Discovered in Santa Barbara

March 7, 2019 by

The rare hoodwinker sunfish's appearance in Santa Barbara marks the first ever sighting of this rare species in North America, and only the second time in the Northern Hemisphere in 130 years.
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Food Partitioning Allows for Fish’s Pacific Coexistence

March 7, 2019 by

Territorial damselfish populations can coexist on the same coral reefs by sharing food resources and switching diets to reduce competition.
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A Study of Love: UCSB Researcher Examines Altruism in Couples

March 7, 2019 by

Researchers examine the chemical and neurological basis behind love, empathy and altruism.
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