Make the Most of Your Years at UCSB
Ah yes, College. The habits you adopt during your time here are likely to stay with you for life. As I approach my last year at this incredible institution, there are a few tidbits I wish I knew earli...
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Science & Tech
Ah yes, College. The habits you adopt during your time here are likely to stay with you for life. As I approach my last year at this incredible institution, there are a few tidbits I wish I knew earli...
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The latest Mars rover Curiosity departed from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station last November and landed safely on the surface of the Red Planet on Aug. 5, 2012 making it the fourth American rover succ...
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Urban Water Contamination Study Backed by a $1.25 million contribution from veteran water industry exec- utive Henry Wheeler, Jr., UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science and Management Environmenta...
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Jatila van der Veen, a lecturer in the College of Creative Studies as well as a research associate in UCSB’s Physics Dept., created a new method in teaching introductory physics called “Noether Be...
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Do you find yourself taking Facebook breaks every five minutes? Well, it may just be your human nature. According to a recent study conducted by Vanderbilt University, researchers found the neurotrans...
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An international team of astronomers in Chile employed three powerful telescopes to peer into the heart of a galaxy tens of millions of light years away. The astronomers observed the hot accretion dis...
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UCSB Marine Science Institute project scientist Will McClintock is currently completing SeaSketch, a new version of the free web-based marine mapping and spatial planning program, MarineMap. The progr...
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UCSB researchers teamed up with North Carolina State physicists to determine why certain materials are better than others for use in printable electronics. Through the use of powerful X-rays that can ...
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Watch out salt, pepper just got even spicier! For most of our post-Gerber days, many of us have been aimlessly smothering black pepper on our meals to enhance its taste. Although this act is immediate...
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Texting while driving has become NBD. In fact, data from the University of California, San Diego’s Trauma Epidemiology & Injury Prevention Research Center suggests this act is quite widespread a...
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Upon observing colleagues struggle to keep their coffee from spilling at a math conference, UCSB professor of mechanical engineering Rouslan Krechetnikov began a research project to study this phenome...
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A recent study conducted by anthropologists from UCSB and the University of Washington found that Tsimane men of Bolivia have a baseline testosterone level 33 percent lower than that of American men. ...
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Contrary to popular belief, research suggests that not all procrastination is bad. In fact, hitting the gym before the books may actually help commit the dreaded Krebs cycle to memory. Conventional he...
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If you’re a gadget-lover like me, you probably consider yourself fairly tech-savvy. In fact, you probably use technology your parents never dreamed of and don’t give it much thought. However, with...
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In recent years, dieticians and health experts have recommended popcorn as a healthy substitute for sweets because of its low fat content and its high insoluble fiber. New findings from the University...
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