Studies of the small sea squirt may ultimately help solve the problem of rejection of organ and bone marrow transplants in humans, according to scientists at UC Santa Barbara.
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Letters and Science, EconomicsWhen an employee suffers a perceived wrong at the hands of his or her boss, a degree of revenge is considered acceptable, according to a study by UC Santa Barbara labor relations expert Gary Charness.
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Letters and Science, Psychological and Brain SciencesAn international team of scientists has developed a way to predict how much a person can learn, based on studies at UC Santa Barbara's Brain Imaging Center.
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Letters and Science, Molecular Cellular and Developmental BiologyThe water flea –– Daphnia pulex –– has the largest inventory of genes ever recorded for a sequenced animal, according to a new study in the journal Science by 69 co-authors.
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Letters and Science, SociologyLove songs –– the pouring out of one's heart in words and melody –– are as ubiquitous and timeless as the emotion itself.
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Engineering, Chemical Engineering, MaterialsThree faculty members from UC Santa Barbara have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They include Glenn H.
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Letters and Science, Music
The Department of Music at UC Santa Barbara has received a $550,000 endowment gift to establish a graduate fellowship in ethnomusicology and a scholarship in Scandinavian music.
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Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical EngineeringThe faculty of UC Santa Barbara has bestowed its highest honor on Linda Petzold, a professor of mechanical engineering and computer science at UCSB.
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Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, Environmental Science and Management, Letters and Science, Earth ScienceThree professors at UC Santa Barbara –– Ralph Archuleta, John Melack, and Oliver Chadwick –– have been elected as Fellows of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Letters and Science, PhysicsA prominent UC Santa Barbara faculty member and a distinguished alumnus of its College of Engineering are among the 68 new members elected today by the National Academy of Engineering.
