Research in Review

October 22, 2026

Research in Review: Brain surgeon robots, the AI Commons and El Niño

By Aria Khaitan

Fall 2026 is well under way with new research advancements in medical robotics, AI regulations at UCSB, and El Niño predictions.

April 13, 2026

Research in Review: Vernal pool restoration, infant edibility expectations, mind wandering effects on recent memory

By Yumiko Florando

Yumiko summarizes three recent publications in environmental science and psychology by researchers at UCSB.

March 2, 2026

From Liftoff to Touchdown: UCSB Gaucho Rocket Project sets its sights on landable rockets

By Rebecca Raymond

Launching rockets may seem like a lofty goal achieved only at major companies like NASA and SpaceX, yet UC Santa Barbara students in the Gaucho Rocket Project turn their passion for rocketry into a reality by designing, ...

January 15, 2026

Accelerating into the new year: UCSB Sherwin Group’s groundbreaking physics research

By Rebecca Raymond

The physics department at UC Santa Barbara houses its own powerful particle accelerator that accelerates electrons to 99.4% of the speed of light: The Sherwin Group’s ability to produce short and powerful pulses in the...

January 8, 2026

Research in Review: UCSB’s December advancements

By Saanvi Tiwary

Jump into 2026 with a recap of UCSB's most recent research innovations.

October 23, 2025

UCSB physics department celebrates two of its faculty members receiving the 2025 Nobel Prize

By Rebecca Raymond

Students and faculty of UC Santa Barbara’s physics department gathered in Corwin Pavilion for the department’s annual Nobel Prize-focused colloquium on Oct. 14. This year’s event was particularly special as the dep...

September 4, 2025

Research in Review: August’s advancements on campus

By Saanvi Tiwary

From the links between skull shapes and immunity to funding towards AI and robotics integration, dive deeper into three current scientific developments on campus.

July 24, 2025

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

By Saanvi Tiwary

New UCSB research on the dead sea, how device type influences digital access and equity, and river channel patterns

April 10, 2025

Research in Review: mosquito studies, methamphetamine reinforcement in rats and shark conservation efforts

By Yumiko Florando

New UCSB research on mosquitoes, rat appetites, and shark overfishing

January 23, 2025

Research in Review: frog extinction, plastic pollution, and cancer studies in animals

By Rebecca Raymond

New UCSB research on frogs, plastic pollution, and cancer in animals.

October 24, 2024

Research in Review: Cosmic impacts, shark tracking and cognition-boosting exercise

By Kaitlin Lee

New UCSB research in cosmic impacts, shark tracking and cognition-boosting exercise.

October 3, 2024

Research in Review: Immune cell appetizers, infrared-detecting mosquitoes and complex computing

By Kaitlin Lee

New research in immune cell appetizers, infrared-detecting mosquitoes and complex computing.

May 30, 2024

Best of Scientific Breakthroughs

By Nandini Kuppa, Kaitlin Lee, Katharine Chi, Olivia Lohrer

A look back on notable scientific achievements from UCSB researchers during the 2024-2025 year.

February 29, 2024

Research in Review: cancer therapy, sea otter ecology, and archaeological dating

By Cassandra Cavallo

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, connecting the gene...

February 1, 2024

Research in Review: Groundwater depletion, metabolic imaging, and shark fishing

By Kaitlin Lee

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 across over 40 countries...

October 5, 2023