Science & Tech

May 16, 2019

UCSB Researchers Discover Potentially Druggable Pathway Involved in Neurodegenerative Diseases

By Jacqueline Wen

"A new pathway exists that can potentially be targeted for drug delivery that can improve the lives of patients of these neurodegenerative diseases in a relatively short amount of time."

May 16, 2019

Recapping Undergraduate Research Week

By Sunidhi Sridhar

Undergraduate Research Week was a culmination of students’ hard work and dedication to their research projects over several quarters.

May 9, 2019

The ‘Invisible’ Pollution of Plastics

By Jacqueline Wen

UCSB researchers performed the first global-scale study focusing on the impact of plastics on climate change.

May 9, 2019

Ecosystems of the Santa Barbara Channel

By Cristian Loza

“Bizarre ecosystems, fluid flow, unusual anaerobic communities and mount structures” are just a few of the wonders that can be found within our Santa Barbara Channel.

May 2, 2019

UCSB’s Bridge to the Doctorate Program

By Jacqueline Wen

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."

April 25, 2019

UCSB Researchers Investigate Factors Affecting Gasoline Price Variability in Santa Barbara County

By Jacqueline Wen

April 25, 2019

Exploring Mental Health Through the Art of Film

By Sunidhi Sridhar

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 with mental health.

April 18, 2019

There Are Not Plenty of Fish in the Sea

By Kelly Shi

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.

April 18, 2019

UCSB Researchers Find Novel Genetic Mutation for Alzheimer’s Disease

By Jacqueline Wen

A second Colombian family with a novel mutation on the same gene for inherited Alzheimer’s disease had been discovered.

April 11, 2019

You’re Just Too Funny For Me

By Jennifer Sor

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.

April 11, 2019

The Future of Protein?

By Jacqueline Wen

Switching to plant-based and cell-based foods would significantly reduce land and water use and emissions compared to their conventional animal counterparts.

April 4, 2019

To Drink or Not To Drink

By Sunidhi Sridhar

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.

April 4, 2019

UC Kicks Off Cool Campus Challenge for Month of April

By Jacqueline Wen

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,” according to the Co...

March 28, 2019

Two UCSB Faculty Named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows

By Jacqueline Wen

UCSB’s Sloan Research Fellowship recipients are Thomas Sprague for neuroscience and Xin Zhou for mathematics.

March 14, 2019

From Apprentice to Shadow: How Intelligent Machines are Changing Learning in the Workplace

By Charlotte Marston

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.