Researchers predict that the rate of human impacts on the oceans is accelerating, and expected to double by 2050 ...

Maintaining an open airway is a critical priority in emergency medicine. Without the flow of oxygen, other emergency interventions can become ineffective at saving the patient’s life. However, ...

More than two dozen student researchers across 11 disciplines at UC Santa Barbara have received awards through Research Accelerator, a donor-funded Graduate Division program that connects financial ...

After graduating from UC Santa Barbara’s Environmental Studies Program in 1994, Keith pursued a career in journalism, initially writing for The Channels at Santa Barbara City College. He then worked ...

UC Santa Barbara professor Dorit Hanein, a leading expert in cellular tomography — a technique that allows researchers to see the inside of a cell in three dimensions with remarkable detail — has been ...

From Pong and Pac-Man to Minecraft and Fortnight, video games have always been a lot of fun. Sometimes, however, gamers become fixated, compulsive or — worse — spiral into a full-blown gaming disorder ...

Using reprogrammed biocatalysts, researchers are pushing the boundaries of enzymatic synthesis with a method that opens the door to a diverse array of valuable compounds. Reporting in the journal ...

The environment provides a wide range of services that benefit us all: purifying water, buffering floods, pollinating crops, renewing soil and many more. These aren’t just benefits; society wouldn't ...

A pair of longtime professors in UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese have been recognized for their ongoing scholarship. This fall, Distinguished Professor Antonio Cortijo Ocaña — ...

Robin Matoza uses seismic and infrasonic waves to understand Earth processes, with applications primarily in volcanology. Infrasound is atmospheric sound with frequencies below 20 hertz, which is the ...

The U.S. National Science Foundation has renewed funding for BioPACIFIC MIP — the Biomaterials, Polymers and Advanced Constructs from Integrated Chemistry Materials Innovation Platform — a ...

Gary Horowitz’s research centers on the classical and quantum aspects of gravity under extreme conditions, such as those inside black holes and the big bang — areas where Einstein’s equations break ...