Science & Tech

UCSB Physicists Examine Quantum Entanglement

January 15, 2013 by

Physicists at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics recently designed a computer system that details characteristics of quantum entanglement, a state in which a pair of electron spins are entang...
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Gender-Bending Fish: Why “Finding Nemo” Really Should Have Been A Mother-Son Story

January 15, 2013 by

I’m a child at heart. I listen to One Direction and wake up for Saturday morning cartoons. Now that I’ve taken zoology classes, I’ve taken it a step further and made the connection between my ch...
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The Low Fat Myth: Why A Fat-Deficient Diet Could Prevent a Slim Waistline

January 8, 2013 by

At some point, most people have set a New Year’s Resolution to improve some aspect of their health, wellness or fitness. We all know it’s January when every gym in America is offering a New Year...
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UCSB Researcher Conducts Study On Avian Cognition

January 8, 2013 by

Junior research fellow at UC Santa Barbara’s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind, Corina Logan, has recently began studying cognition in wild birds by examining foraging techniques. During her vis...
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NASA Attempts to Take the Science Fiction Out of Warp Drive

November 13, 2012 by

Whether or not you know anything about “Star Trek,” you’ve probably heard of the warp drive, that fictional technology that can fling a starship light-years away in mere minutes, opening up the ...
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UCSB Receives New Stem Cell Research Center

November 13, 2012 by

UCSB has just completed a laboratory renovation of 10,000 square feet for the Center for Stem Cell Biology and Engineering, part of the Neuroscience Research Institute. Through a highly competitive se...
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Why A Good Night’s Sleep is Crucial to Your Health

November 7, 2012 by

“Sleep is for the weak” and “I’ll sleep when I’m dead” used to be my life mottos until I realized the complete opposite was true. Recent findings confirm the recommendations that have been...
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UCSB Scientists Discover Mechanism to Change the Destiny of Embryonic Cells

November 6, 2012 by

UCSB researchers in the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology have recently discovered a mechanism by which embryonic cells decide to become specific cell types in adult humans. ...
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Examining the Biology Behind the Popular Culture Phenomenon

October 30, 2012 by

Unless you’ve been under a rock, you should be familiar with the zombie apocalypse hype these past few years. Shows and movies such as “The Walking Dead” and I Am Legend depict flesh-eating mons...
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UCSB Theoretical Physicist Receives Packard Fellowship

October 30, 2012 by

An assistant professor in the Department of Physics here at UC Santa Barbara has been awarded the Packard Fellowship for his research into discovering states of matter. Cenke Xu, a theoretical physici...
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Why The Foods You Love Could Be Causing Serious Health Problems

October 23, 2012 by

Bread, beer, cake, cereal, cookies, donuts, pancakes, pizza and spaghetti. Are you hungry yet? What do all these things have in common? The answer is not only that they’re all pretty yummy human cre...
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UCSB Scientist Leads National Research Team in Sustainable Chemistry Investigation

October 23, 2012 by

Head investigator Peter C. Ford and a team of researchers from the University of Washington at St. Louis, University of California at Santa Barbara, Davis and San Diego recently started a project to r...
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UCSC Study Shows Sea Otters Can Reduce Carbon Dioxide

October 23, 2012 by

Two UC Santa Cruz researchers have discovered that besides being adorable, a large number of sea otters can help reverse one of the main sources of global warming by assisting in the spread of sea kel...
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UCSF Researcher Earns Nobel for Revolutionary Stem Cell Discovery

October 16, 2012 by

UCSF researcher Shinya Yamanaka was recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that mature cells can be reprogrammed into pluripotent stem cells. Yamanaka was the first...
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A Brief History of the Plastic That Holds Today’s Gadgets Together

October 16, 2012 by

The cell phone: the one thing we’ve all become completely dependent on. Imagine a world without rubber, a world without silicon, a world without those pieces of plastic that are in your hand right n...
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