Science & Tech
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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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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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’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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Activision Blizzard recently revealed that the number of active World of Warcraft subscribers has dropped to 8.3 million as of May 2013 — a far cry from the game’s record-breaking 12 million subsc...
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Google’s new Glass headset has only been available for less than a month, but some enterprising users have already figured out how to hack it. The augmented-reality device, which has been the subjec...
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Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)
1989 (Taylor’s Version)
Midnights
The Life of a Showgirl
Evermore
Lover
Reputation
Folklore
The Tortured Poets Department
Taylor Swift (Self-Titled)
Fearless
