Science & Tech

June 6, 2019

Isla Vista Compost Collective Plans to Double Composting Service for Fall 2019

By Jacqueline Wen

Each week, “Dirtriders” on bikes with a cargo trailer attached pick up buckets filled with food product from their designated houses. Then, they drop off a new, clean five-gallon bucket for their houses to compost in...

May 30, 2019

African Social Spiders Demonstrate How Group Dynamics Influence Success of Individual Colonies

By Sean Crommelin

The presence of two dispositions (aggressive and docile) begs the question, which one leads to greater success?

May 30, 2019

Marine Species More Vulnerable to Global Warming Than Terrestrial Species

By Jacqueline Wen

In addition, McCauley and his colleagues found that local species extinctions in the ocean occurred at twice the rate than those on land.

May 23, 2019

‘Bolbo’ the Builder: UCSB Researchers Investigate the Impact of Bumphead Parrotfish Feeding on Tropical Reefs

By Sean Crommelin

Their diet, unusual compared to that of other primarily herbivorous parrotfish, consists of structural reef carbonates and the lifeforms that corals harbor.

May 23, 2019

Friends with Health Benefits

By Jacqueline Wen

Meaningful relationships “nurture a desire to create and/or seize life opportunities for growth,” and in doing so, promote development and exploration.

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.