Science & Tech

April 6, 2010

Receptors Keep Neural Stem Cells From Getting Dropped

By Nader Heidari

An insulin-like signal has been found to be necessary for stem cells to continue existing in the brain, opening doors for scientists who want to find ways to repair cerebral injuries using the pluripotent organisms.

April 6, 2010

Engineers Desalinate With a Membrane

By Nader Heidari

UCLA researchers have produced a tool to remove the salt content from water while avoiding the problems that arise from clogging during the purification of difficult types of water.

April 6, 2010

University Receives Donation for New Medical Center

By Nader Heidari

A $75 million gift from former Qualcomm Incorporated CEO and UC San Diego founding faculty member Irwin Jacobs and his wife Joan Jacobs will go toward the construction of the Jacobs Medical Center on UCSD's east campus.

April 6, 2010

Plants Can’t Grow Fast, Repel Pests, Too

By Nader Heidari

Biologists have found that plants lose their ability to defend themselves against pests if they grow too fast, creating a paradox for farmers looking to make the perfect crop.

March 30, 2010

Telescope Finds New Gas Giant

By Richard Lau

An international team of astronomers spearheaded by the French space agency, CNES, have confirmed the existence of a planet named CoRoT-9b. Members of this team included scientists from the UCSB-affiliated Las Cumbres Ob...

March 30, 2010

Scientists Succeed at Large-Scale Superposition

By Nader Heidari

Physicists at UCSB have proven that it's not just the size of an object that matters when it comes to displaying quantum effects.

March 2, 2010

Cybersleuths Seek to Build New Defense

By Richard Lau

Earlier this month, UCSB's Computer Security Group received a grant of $6.2 million from the U.S. Army Research Office to lead an intercampus collaboration to design a security system that can protect the government from...

February 23, 2010

Study Seeks to Reel In Global Fish Problems

By Richard Lau

A group of scientists led by UCSB's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis and the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University published a policy paper this month, calling for more regulation on ...

February 23, 2010

Scientists Publish Papers on Marine Reserves

By Staff

A special issue of the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences released this week features research papers from multiple UCSB scientists.

February 9, 2010

Tumor Drug To Enter Trials

By Kristen Peters

The Cancer Center of Santa Barbara will be participating in a Phase III clinical trial in order to evaluate the effectiveness of Lucanix, a new vaccine designed to fight lung cancer.

February 2, 2010

Old Drug Might Heal Renal Cysts

By Katherine Friedman

Researchers at UCSB have released a new study on the immunosuppressive drug rapamycin as a potentially effective treatment for kidney disease.

January 26, 2010

Scientists Synthesize Blood Cells

By Richard Lau

A team of scientists at UCSB, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Michigan, developed a material that can mimic the biological properties of red blood cells.

January 19, 2010

Fussy Flies Fail to Flourish

By Richard Lau

Biologists at UCSB have found that it is not only possible for females to be too attractive, but that the evolutionary prospects of fruit flies, or Drosophila melanogaster, are being harmed by this problem.

January 12, 2010

Scientists Find Super-Massive Black Holes

By Roger Jackson

Astronomers have located four super-massive black holes swirling in the centers of galaxies that may hopefully provide them with a better understanding of the interstellar objects.

January 5, 2010

Protein Key Opens Cell Doors

By Nader Heidari

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research at UCSB have made a breakthrough in peptide-based drug delivery, taking another step along a path that may lead to more effective drugs that may produce fewer sid...

November 24, 2009