Science & Tech

When Boiling a Frog

November 10, 2016 by

Oftentimes, metaphors are used as warnings that one can apply to their life. One metaphor that warns others about the inability or unwillingness of people to react to or be aware of threats that rise ...
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Where the Wild Things Are

November 10, 2016 by

As the UC Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve’s resident director, Don Canestro is certainly not reserved about his affection for the 600 acres of largely undeveloped land that is both his workp...
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Discovering the Dark Ages of Peru: The Wari

November 3, 2016 by

Kurin’s book focuses specifically on the social, political and economic impacts that the collapse of the Wari had on their predecessors, the tribal Chankan peoples, who lived in the lands of modern-...
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Service Above and Beyond: Chemical Engineering Professor elected to the National Academy of Medicine

November 3, 2016 by

As one of 79 newly elected members to the Academy, Mitragotri is dedicated to addressing challenges and advancing healthcare through interdisciplinary approaches.
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Yellow-Legged Frog Populations Leap Forward

October 27, 2016 by

These frogs haven’t croaked yet.
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The Santa Barbara Basin: Home of the Largest Underwater Bathtub Ring Caught on Camera

October 27, 2016 by

“We expected to find changes in the biological community,” he said, “but we did not expect to find a mile-long colonization of bacteria.”
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Gaucho Granted 600 Grand to Continue Research

October 20, 2016 by

Gaucho alumna Victoria Orphan has recently been awarded a grant of $600,000 to continue her research of deep sea microorganisms. The creativity and future application of Orphan’s work stems from her...
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Blurring the Boundaries of the Mind

October 20, 2016 by

Tucked away in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences domicile is the University’s interdisciplinary brainchild, the S.A.G.E. Center for the Study of the Mind, where researchers are en...
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Mathematical Model To Predict Vein Growth

October 20, 2016 by

Imagine being able to predict the growth of the tumor. How about the vein growth of premature babies’ eyes? All of these applications and more can be determined with the use of a certain mathematica...
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UCSB Alumnus Adapts Pipe Flow Software to Engineering Student Needs

October 13, 2016 by

A computer software program that is used in engineering industries is now available to students attending U.S. universities for the price of $10 a year.
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The Anti-Resistance: UCSB Chemist Irene Chen Explores Alternatives to Antibiotics

October 13, 2016 by

With an eye for creative impact, the National Institute of Health has awarded the Director’s New Innovator Award, a $2.1 million grant, to Chen to support her research on phage therapy.
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UCSB Professors Receive Grant for Outer Space Research

October 6, 2016 by

Coastal communities like Isla Vista and Santa Barbara are faced with an incessant barrage of environmental threats on a daily basis. Dealing with everything from eroding cliffs to excessive oil drilli...
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Learning Patterns: A Look Into Freshman Seminars

October 6, 2016 by

The announcement of the 2016 Nobel Prize awards will be broadcast this week internationally to an audience of billions. The discussion of its history will be presented to a much smaller audience in on...
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UCSB Professor Receives $10 Million To Establish Benioff Ocean Initiative

September 29, 2016 by

The Benioff Ocean Initiative (BOI) is a foundation focused on helping universities understand the pressing problems the world’s oceans face. The BOI aims to find solutions resulting in cleaner and h...
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Polymer Brush Growing Made Easier and Faster

September 29, 2016 by

A team led by Christian Pester and Craig J. Hawker of the Materials Research Laboratory at UCSB has recently invented a new process called sequential stop-flow photopatterning to create complex micron...
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