Science & Tech

Taking a Look at How We Define Intelligence

Intelligence: it’s a notion we’re all intimately familiar with. After all, we are intelligent, right? Do we not attend a top-tier public university? Have we not made all the necessary, intelligent...
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UCSB Makes Quantum Leaps in Rapid Information Transfer

Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara recently addressed a major issue in security by successfully transferring reliable and ultra-secure communication via quantum-encrypted infor...
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U.S. Scientists Awarded 2013 Nobel Prize In Physiology or Medicine for Discovery of Mechanism Behind Cell Transport

Cells replicate, grow and communicate by transporting specific molecules to specific targets. But how exactly do cells carry out these vital and intricate movements among themselves?
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Testosterone and Sharing: A Scientific Oxymoron

Long gone are the days of believing that increased testosterone levels only lead to hostility, competitiveness and aggressiveness. Scientists and economists in the Netherlands published a study this m...
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UCSB Researchers Unravel Membrane Protein Structure

As you pick up this issue of the Nexus and turn the page to the Science & Tech section, millions of membrane proteins are hard at work inside your body. All the body’s functions, from movement t...
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SpaceX Launches New Rocket

SpaceX’s new Falcon 9 V1.1 rocket launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California this past Sunday to carry Canada’s 1,100-pound CASSIOPE research satellite into space.
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Meningitis Bacterial Defense Mechanism Finds Applications in Future of Regenerative Medicine

Researchers from UC Santa Barbara, the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Northwestern University recently created a technique to target and correct genetic ...
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Points of Pride for Gauchos in Lab Coats

A number 2-ranked university in research citations worldwide with many top-ranked science programs, UCSB has a reputation as a top-notch scientific institution.
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Health and Wellness Columnist Toasts Graduating Gauchos

As We Take Our Last Breath As Undergrads My Fellow Graduates, When you took your first breath on Earth, you underwent a beautiful, irreversible transformation. Before, your lungs were fully immersed i...
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Politics, Money and Muscles: Researching the Link Between Physical Strength and Motives

UCSB researchers recently found an evolutionary link between political motivation and physical strength in males, where increased upper body size indicated a more aggressive and self-serving stance to...
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Questioning the Future of Technological Warfare

In the history of armed conflict, the intelligent use of evolving technologies has been shown to overmatch even the most tested tactics and courageous warriors. The fourth NexTech war-game, organized ...
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A Nostalgic Gaucho Contemplates Time Travel

Writing my final Gaucho’s Guide column fills me with musings on the passage of time. As such, it’s only fitting that today we talk about time travel. Time travel logic is notoriously difficult to ...
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Computer Scientists Predict the Success of Network Interactions

In today’s increasingly connected world, information flows and spreads. Messages get retweeted, photos get reposted and videos go viral. Such online interactions can have real-world consequences, as...
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UCSF Research Team Develops Epilepsy Cell Therapy In Mice

UCSF researchers have found a way to cure epilepsy in mice using cell transplantation and hope to implement this technique to cure forms of human epilepsy. The study was funded by the National Institu...
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Harvard Happiness Study Analyzes Keys to a Lifetime of Joy

With graduation fast approaching and our days of care-free living slipping away, many of us have pondered the age-old question, “What makes us happy?” Contrary to what we’ve been led to believe,...
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