Science & Tech

December 20, 2010

Lunar Eclipse To Appear in Night Sky Amid Cloudy Conditions

By Roger Jackson

On the morning of December 21, there will be a total lunar eclipse. This eclipse will be the second to occur this year. However, it will be the first total lunar eclipse to occur during a winter solstice since 1638, acco...

November 23, 2010

Bacteria Gain Evolutionary Edge With Toxic Darts

By Nader Heidari

Biologists at UCSB have published a study in the journal Nature that found that certain bacteria fight for evolutionary dominance using “toxic darts” to attack and disable their competitors.

November 16, 2010

Geologists Make Case for Gradual Diversity Changes in Cambrian Era

By Nader Heidari

The seemingly sudden spike in species diversity that occurred during the “Cambrian Explosion” around 542 million years ago has been of interest to scientists for quite some time...

November 9, 2010

New Nemertean Worm Species Named After UCSB Scientist

By Nader Heidari

UCSB zoology professor Armand Kuris has received one of the greatest honors biologists can hope for — having a newly discovered species named after him.

November 3, 2010

Study Explores Motor Abilities

By Amy Montemayor

A recently published article from UCSB psychology professor F. Gregory Ashby has demonstrated how individuals process a newly learned motor skill until it becomes automatic — using their frontal lobe. Ashby was joined ...

November 3, 2010

Coastal Catches Cause Changes for Coral Reefs

By Mackensie Minniear

A recent study on coral reefs by marine scientists at UCSB has shown that fishing has caused interesting effects on the behavior of prey and the ecosystem. Elizabeth Madin, a Ph.D. student at UCSB, is lead author on two ...

October 27, 2010

Scientists Use Lasers To Detect, Control Diamond Quantum States

By Connor Oakes

The physicists and researchers of UCSB’s Awschalom Group are one step closer to harnessing the potential of quantum computers, according to a paper published on Oct. 14, 2010 in the online version of Science. UCSB phys...

October 26, 2010

Center Seeks to Speed Up Ethernet

By Daily Nexus Staff

Last Wednesday, UCSB announced the launch of the Terabit Optical Ethernet Center (TOEC), a new research center focused on developing the technology for advanced terabit-speed networks. “We’re going to need much faste...

October 26, 2010

Scientists Use Lasers To Detect, Control Diamond Quantum States

By Daily Nexus Staff

October 19, 2010

Ecologists Question Reasons for Plant Diversity

By Tahnee Cadrez

Researchers at UCSB have discovered environmental connections between the diversity of plants and how they maintain ecological balance.

October 12, 2010

Physicists Make Quantum Leap

By Taylor Mravic

Physicists at UCSB recently published a paper in the journal Nature that could pave the way to building the first quantum computer.

October 12, 2010

Marine Mucus Mucks Up Ocean

By Amy Montemayor

Researchers have found that oil released into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon spill has caused stressed-out phytoplankton to create massive globs of “sea-snot”.

October 5, 2010

Lab To Receive Nanotech Grant

By Roger Jackson

Last Wednesday, the National Institutes of Health announced that they were awarding a $2 million grant to UCSB to be used for discovering biomedical applications of nanotechnology.

September 28, 2010

Research Ship To Evaluate Gulf

By Cameron Moody

This past Friday marked the departure of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ship Pisces from Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico.

September 28, 2010

Scientists Study Fighting Worms

By Roger Jackson

A recent discovery at the laboratory has shown that a certain type of parasitic fluke has a highly organized, caste-based social structure similar to those of honey bees.

September 16, 2010

Chilled Diamonds Shine Light on Comet Collision

By Nader Heidari

A grueling journey across the ice sheets of Greenland has paid off for a team of scientists, who have located some diamonds in the rough glacial climate.