In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists led by UC Santa Barbara's David Valentine and Texas A&M University's John Kessler embarked on a research cruise with an urgent mission:...
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Parasitic ‘Warrior Worms' Discovered in Snails; UCSB Scientists See Possible Biomedical ApplicationsLetters and Science, Ecology Evolution and Marine BiologyScientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a caste of genetically identical "warrior worms" –– members of a parasitic fluke species that invades the California horn snail.
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Letters and Science, Ecology Evolution and Marine BiologyIt's a subject humans have been studying for centuries: Why do birds sing, and what are they trying to communicate? Two UC Santa Barbara scientists believe they have solved at least part of the mystery.
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Letters and Science, PhysicsUC Santa Barbara astrophysicist Lars Bildsten, a permanent member of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, has been awarded the Wayne Rosing, Simon and Diana Raab Chair in Theoretical Astrophysics in recognition of his pioneering...
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Engineering, Electrical and Computer EngineeringLuke Theogarajan was preparing another grant proposal when he got word –– via a text message from his wife –– that he had been chosen to receive the prestigious 2010 New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Letters and Science, Ecology Evolution and Marine BiologyResearchers at UC Santa Barbara have shed new light on the ecological interactions that explain plant diversity. The results were published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Engineering, Materials, Letters and Science, Anthropology, Feminist Studies, Global Studies, History, Political Science, SociologyUC Santa Barbara will receive almost $6.1 million over five years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to extend support for the campus's innovative Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) through 2015.
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Letters and Science, Psychological and Brain SciencesAndrew Stull, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychology at UC Santa Barbara, is one of 20 scholars nationwide to be awarded a prestigious Spencer Fellowship by the National Academy of Education.
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Letters and Science, Religious Studies
Eighteen scholars from around the world will gather at UC Santa Barbara this summer to study the religious diversity of the United States and to learn firsthand how people with widely differing beliefs can coexist.
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Letters and Science, Anthropology, Psychological and Brain SciencesFor our ancestors, misjudging the physical strength of a would-be opponent might have resulted in painful –– and potentially deadly –– defeat.
