Research in Review

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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Campus Point: New and Exciting Research at UCSB

March 9, 2023 by

A look at academic dishonesty, antibiotics, and mindfulness.
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