Research in Review

Research in Review: Dead Sea Fluid Mechanics, Digital Equity, and River Channel Patterns

July 24, 2025 by

New UCSB research on the dead sea, how device type influences digital access and equity, and river channel patterns
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Research in Review: mosquito studies, methamphetamine reinforcement in rats and shark conservation efforts

April 10, 2025 by

New UCSB research on mosquitoes, rat appetites, and shark overfishing
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Research in Review: frog extinction, plastic pollution, and cancer studies in animals

January 23, 2025 by

New UCSB research on frogs, plastic pollution, and cancer in animals.
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Research in Review: Cosmic impacts, shark tracking and cognition-boosting exercise

October 24, 2024 by

New UCSB research in cosmic impacts, shark tracking and cognition-boosting exercise.
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Research in Review: Immune cell appetizers, infrared-detecting mosquitoes and complex computing

October 3, 2024 by

New research in immune cell appetizers, infrared-detecting mosquitoes and complex computing.
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Best of Scientific Breakthroughs

May 30, 2024 by , , and

A look back on notable scientific achievements from UCSB researchers during the 2024-2025 year.
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Research in Review: cancer therapy, sea otter ecology, and archaeological dating

February 29, 2024 by

Rac2 Boosts Cancer Therapy:  In a remarkable breakthrough, researchers from UC Santa Barbara’s Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology department have cracked a 25-year-old cellular mystery,...
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Research in Review: Groundwater depletion, metabolic imaging, and shark fishing

February 1, 2024 by

Global groundwater decline UC Santa Barbara Assistant Professors Scott Jasechko and Debra Perrone recently published a paper analyzing data from 170,000 monitoring wells and 1,693 aquifer systems acro...
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

October 5, 2023 by

New research in the climate crisis, fungi, and disease-detecting dogs
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Campus Point: New and exciting research from UCSB

August 25, 2023 by

A look at the cognitive and physiological effects of alcohol, determinants of glacier periods, and how our bodies remember stress.
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Campus Point: New and exciting research from UCSB

July 31, 2023 by

A look at carbon capture innovation, marine heatwaves, and deep-sea mining.
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Campus Point: New and exciting research from UCSB

May 25, 2023 by

A look at policy performance estimations, re-evaluating FDA approved antibiotics, and understanding the interactions of molecular complexes at low temperatures.
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Campus Point: New and exciting research from UCSB

May 18, 2023 by

A look at anatomical organization, battery efficiency, and nonviral genetic editing techniques.
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

May 4, 2023 by

A look at ongoing efforts to protect salt-lake ecosystems and newly obtained images of "gasgiant exoplanets"
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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

April 27, 2023 by

A look at technological revivals, coral reef resilience, and how protecting forests is one of the best tools at our disposal to combat climate change.
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