Science & Tech

December 26, 2016

Could This be the Brightest Supernova Ever Observed?

By Kirstie Allen

Originally thought to be the brightest supernova discovered, UCSB and Las Cumbres researchers now believe that ASASSN-15lh may have been a different galactic event.

December 14, 2016

Not Rocket Science, but Pretty Close (Comet, Like and Subscribe)

By Kelly Shi

Aspiring astrophysicist, Qicheng Zhang, is a fourth-year student who is currently conducting research on comet deflection with hopes of impacting modern research efforts

November 28, 2016

Inspiring Photonics for the Future

By Dana Jessen

UCSB's Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (CSEP) makes it a mission to introduce middle school students, especially young women, to the developing field of photonics.

November 24, 2016

Physics Phenom: UCSB Physicist Wins 2016 Packard Fellowship

By Jacqueline Wen

Through a simple analogy, Young describes this concept as attending a party in a long, singular hallway.

November 17, 2016

LinkedIn: Creating (Internet) Connections

By Jacqueline Wen

Presently, fewer than 10 percent of Native Americans on tribal reservations have access to broadband internet.

November 17, 2016

A Tiny Future: UCSB Researchers Explore Quantum Processing

By Kirstie Allen

Quantum computers aren’t for checking Facebook or logging into GauchoSpace. They rely on a branch of physics: quantum mechanics. For the average person to say this computer is “magic,” might not be too far off. The...

November 10, 2016

Cultural Background May Influence Environmental Action

By Kevin Flores

Given the recent emergence of climate change and environmentalism as polarizing issues within America’s increasingly hot political climate, it comes as no surprise that the psychology of both sides of the debate has pi...

November 10, 2016

When Boiling a Frog

By Andy Garcia

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 gradually is the boi...

November 10, 2016

Where the Wild Things Are

By Jacqueline Wen

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 workplace and his home. L...

November 3, 2016

Discovering the Dark Ages of Peru: The Wari

By Dana Jessen

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-day Peru until they ...

November 3, 2016

Service Above and Beyond: Chemical Engineering Professor elected to the National Academy of Medicine

By Kelly Shi

As one of 79 newly elected members to the Academy, Mitragotri is dedicated to addressing challenges and advancing healthcare through interdisciplinary approaches.

October 27, 2016

Yellow-Legged Frog Populations Leap Forward

By Jacqueline Wen

These frogs haven’t croaked yet.

October 27, 2016

The Santa Barbara Basin: Home of the Largest Underwater Bathtub Ring Caught on Camera

By Natalie Overton

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

October 20, 2016

Gaucho Granted 600 Grand to Continue Research

By Andy Garcia

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 unorthodox combinat...

October 20, 2016

Blurring the Boundaries of the Mind

By Dana Jessen

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 encouraged to come tog...

October 20, 2016

Mathematical Model To Predict Vein Growth

By Kirstie Allen

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 mathematical model. The model f...