Science & Tech

Battle of the Bacteria

September 17, 2015 by

UCSB researchers recently demonstrated how Gram-negative bacteria, such as E. coli, exploit target-cell machinery of nearby bacteria and use protein toxins to kill them. Their work furthers current un...
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Scientists Discover Single-Celled Marine Plankton Staring Back at Them

September 7, 2015 by

Scientists at the University of British Columbia have identified an eye-like structure in a rare, single-celled marine plankton from the family Warnowiaceae. It is more common that multicellular organ...
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A New Era for Antibiotics Resistance Testing

August 31, 2015 by

A new study by UCSB Professor Michael Mahan and researchers shows that, for as long as they have been studied, pathogenic bacteria may not have been playing up to how they are really made to be. In th...
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UCSB Researcher Receives NASA Grant for Space Research on Interstellar Travel

August 27, 2015 by

UC Santa Barbara physics professor, Phillip Lubin, and his team from UCSB’s Experimental Cosmology Group have been awarded one of 15 proof-of-concept grants from NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts to...
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UCSB Professor Announced as NFL Sponsored Grant Recipient

August 13, 2015 by

Imagine awaking in an emergency room. A doctor assures that you have suffered a mild concussion from an early morning bike crash, and that you’ll be back attending class in no time. But a week or tw...
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Scientists Get Nosy About the Sense of Smell

August 9, 2015 by

Often times, children pinch their noses when eating brussel sprouts — or any other type of food deemed unpleasant — to mitigate the terrible taste because the sense of taste is dependent on the se...
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Study Confirms Connection Between Synapses and Memory Storage

July 19, 2015 by

Scientists at Stanford’s Bio-X Center have proven that memories last as long as the synapses that store them. Until now, this concept has been a long-standing unproven theory in the scientific commu...
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Chasing the Solar Revolution

July 2, 2015 by

Scientists and environmentalists have been hopeful of a “solar revolution” in the near future where all electricity will be powered by the sun’s energy. The concept of solar energy has proved to...
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Gut Bacteria’s Influence on Your Brain

June 25, 2015 by

A new study from Caltech discovers a spore-forming member of the gut microbiota that regulates serotonin biosynthesis.
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Student Resources Building Goes For The Gold

May 29, 2015 by , and

UCSB is growing a reputation in its sustainable practices, recently being named by the Princeton Review as the third-greenest campus in the country. This recognition, however, is not being made withou...
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UCSB Saves Half A Billion Gallons of Water Through Recycled Water Efforts

May 28, 2015 by

Many students wonder: as one of the “Top 50 Green Schools” with a commitment to environmental sustainability and conservation, how is UCSB still able to maintain lush green lawns amidst the grueli...
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Supernova Collision May Reveal Its Origin

May 28, 2015 by

Decades ago, Type Ia Supernovae, or “standard candlelight’s,” as their known, have lent to significant advancements in cosmology, providing scientists with a marker with which to estimate the ag...
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Coffee Addicts Rejoice

May 21, 2015 by

I invite you to question a friend who has recently acquired a coffee habit: chances are they will speak of their consumption with a tone of culpability, admitting a need to cut down as soon as finals ...
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Memristor Technology Brings Us One Step Closer to a Robotic World

May 21, 2015 by

The dawn of free-thinking robots may soon be upon us. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and Stony Brook University have developed an artificial neural circuit that emulates the electrical design of the ...
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Ecstasy: What It is Doing to Your Brain

May 14, 2015 by

In the past few years, the rate of people in the United States using some form of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) — better known as Ecstasy or Molly — has skyrocketed. Psychiatrists have begu...
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