A new center at UC Santa Barbara has the development of an artificial pancreas in its sights, as well as new biomaterials, new tools for the detection and diagnosis of disease, and new mechanisms for drug delivery –– among other cutting-edge...
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Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical EngineeringIn recognition of pioneering research "that will sustain competitiveness in the digital age," UC Santa Barbara faculty members Divyakant Agrawal and Linda Petzold have been named fellows of the prestigious Association for Computing Machinery (...
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Letters and Science, Molecular Cellular and Developmental BiologyScientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that patients with an inherited kidney disease may be helped by a drug that is currently available for other uses.
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Letters and Science, EconomicsWhen considering the health consequences of climate change, most people imagine prolonged periods of extremely high temperatures and the associated physical outcomes –– including mortality.
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Letters and Science, PhysicsAn international team of scientists, including astrophysicists from UC Santa Barbara, has discovered that a supernova that exploded in August –– dubbed the supernova of a generation –– was a "white dwarf" star, and that its companion star could...
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Letters and Science, French and ItalianThey were the sitcoms of their time –– lowbrow comedies that lampooned every serious topic, from sex and relationships to politics and religion.
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Letters and Science, PhysicsQuantum hardware developed by physicists at UC Santa Barbara is among the Top 10 Physics Breakthroughs of 2011, as named by Physics World, the news organization of the Institute of Physics.
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Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical EngineeringLinda Petzold, professor of mechanical engineering and of computer science at UC Santa Barbara, will give UCSB's 2011 Faculty Research Lecture on Thursday, December 1, at 4 p.m. in 1001 Engineering Science Building.
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Letters and Science, Ecology Evolution and Marine BiologyUC Santa Barbara graduate student Alejandra Jaramillo has been awarded a prestigious fellowship with the UNESCO-L'Oréal Fellowships for Young Women in Life Sciences for 2011. She is one of only 15 recipients worldwide.
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Bren School of Environmental Science & ManagementAn innovative piece of oil-spill recovery equipment –– evolved from a design created at UC Santa Barbara's Bren School of Environmental Science & Management in 2006 by Victoria Broje, who was a graduate student working in the research group...
