Science & Tech

Team of UCSB Researchers Creates New Method For Harnessing Solar Energy

March 5, 2013 by

Researchers at UCSB have found an alternate way to harvest energy from the sun without the use of semiconductors. Although the method is still in its infancy, the research team has already obtained su...
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Researchers Consider Solar-Powered Asteroid Vaporization Method

February 26, 2013 by

On February 15, Asteroid 2012 DA14, an asteroid about half of the size of a football field, flew extremely close to Earth. Recently, a meteor about 55 feet in diameter and weighing 10,000 tons crashed...
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Southern California Linux Expo Features 3D Printing, Cloud Computing, Product Demos

February 26, 2013 by

While most of the world’s attention was focused on Hollywood for Oscars weekend, several miles to the south the Hilton at Los Angeles International Airport was packed with over two thousand Linux us...
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Behavioral Therapy Impacts Brain Function In Austistic Children

February 26, 2013 by

Brigitte Naughton Staff Writer   A team of UCSB and Yale researchers recently used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to view increased brain function in autistic children who received ...
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UCSB Researchers Conduct Study on Cocaine Addiction and Treatment

February 19, 2013 by

UC Santa Barbara researchers have found that the impaired brain function and learning difficulties that are caused by cocaine addiction can be treated and potentially cured. UCSB scientists Karen Szum...
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The Importance of Mindset: Fix Your Results By Unfixing Your Beliefs

February 19, 2013 by

“Good job! You must be very intelligent.” “Good job! You must be very hard-working.” These two compliments are nearly identical, yet a single word’s deviation can mean a world of difference ...
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Life Finds A Way: The Evolutionary Science Behind Jurassic Park Dinosaurs

February 19, 2013 by

This spring, Steven Spielberg’s dino-adventure classic “Jurassic Park” will be turning 20, and Universal will be celebrating by re-releasing the movie in 3D. That’s all in anticipation of 2014...
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Researchers Examine Connection Between Sleep Deprivation and Memory Loss

February 5, 2013 by

A recent study conducted by scientists at UC Berkeley linked poor sleep habits and brain degeneration in the elderly with memory loss. The study focused on how older adults between the ages of 60 and ...
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Scientists Study Arthritis Friction

February 5, 2013 by

The research of UC Santa Barbara scientists from the Dept. of Chemical Engineering and the Materials Dept. is making way for new, low-cost methods of early arthritis detection. Jacob Israelachvili, UC...
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Copyright Law Strikes Again: Unlocking Your Cell Phone Now Illegal in US

February 5, 2013 by

If you recently purchased a cell phone and were planning on unlocking it, beware — unlocking a phone without the carrier’s permission has recently been declared illegal in the United States. The U...
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Professor Receives Academy Award For Innovative Visual Effect Technique

January 29, 2013 by

Theodore Kim, an assistant professor in UCSB’s Media Arts and Technology Program, is the first sitting UCSB professor to earn an Academy Award. Kim is among a group of researchers that created a smo...
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Daily Habits: How the Greatest Determinant of Success Could Be The One You Don’t Think About

January 29, 2013 by

We are creatures of habit. If you think yourself the exception, look no further than where you choose to sit every day in class. Chances are you haven’t moved much from your original location since ...
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“Prometheus” Steals Fire From The Gods of Crackpot Science

January 29, 2013 by

Last summer, “Prometheus,” the long-anticipated prequel to the “Alien” franchise, was marketed as a thought-provoking science fiction film. What we got was a classic sci-fi trope with some add...
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UCSB Recieves National Science Foundation Funding For Research

January 22, 2013 by

Two UCSB research teams have received multimillion dollar long-term research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund their studies of kelp forests and coral reefs along the Santa Bar...
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Ubuntu Phone Platform To Rival Android, iOS

January 22, 2013 by

Are you a phone fan who’s looking for the latest developments in mobile technology? An iOS or Android user tired of your current platform? A hipster who feels that current offerings in the mobile ma...
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