In a new study, UC Santa Barbara scientists explain how they used DNA to identify microbes present in the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and how they identified the microbes responsible for consuming the large amount...
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Letters and Science, Ecology Evolution and Marine BiologyViruses fill the ocean and have a significant effect on ocean biology, specifically marine microbiology, according to a professor of biology at UC Santa Barbara and his collaborators.
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Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Letters and Science, PhysicsPresident Obama today named two UC Santa Barbara faculty members as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
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Letters and Science, Religious Studies
A group of scholars from around the world have gathered at UC Santa Barbara 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, Marine ScienceLongnose Skate, Shortspine Thornyhead, Roughjaw Frogfish, Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker –– these are a but a few of the more than 1,500 species of fish that make their home in the waters along the Pacific Coast, from Alaska to the tip of Baja...
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Engineering, Computer Science, Letters and Science, Film and Media StudiesThe city of Macha, located in the southern province of Zambia in sub-Saharan Africa, has a population of roughly 130,000. It also has Internet connectivity, but for only a small group of users –– perhaps 300 in all.
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Letters and Science, PhysicsCenke Xu, assistant professor of physics at UC Santa Barbara, has been named Outstanding Young Researcher for 2011 by the Overseas Chinese Physics Association.
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Letters and Science, Earth Science, Environmental Studies, GeographyFor the past 25 years, UC Santa Barbara geologist Edward A. Keller has researched and studied the natural landscape and environment of California from Camarillo to Gaviota.
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Letters and Science, ArtAs summer vacation season gears up, the University Art Museum at UC Santa Barbara is going on the road with an exhibition of travel-related works, many with a Santa Barbara connection, opening July 7 at Sullivan Goss gallery in Santa Barbara.
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Letters and Science, PhysicsA supernova discovered Wednesday is closer to Earth ––approximately 21 million light years away –– than any other of its kind in a generation.
