An El Niño of historic proportion is taking shape in the tropical Pacific. As a result, water temperatures off Santa Barbara climbed into the low 70s Fahrenheit in late August, and anglers have ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers have found that triggering a stress response in glioblastoma cells, a type of aggressive brain cancer, can suppress their growth and invasion. Their findings suggest new ...

Dolly Parton’s cultural power was never simply a matter of popularity. It was the unlikely range of people drawn to her — people who often shared very little else — and the contradictions she seemed ...

In September 2022, astronomers noticed a perplexing feature on an image of a galaxy around 7.5 billion light-years from Earth. A thin line stretching over 202,000 light-years pointed directly away ...

Alexander Cho is a media scholar, digital design researcher, critical theorist, and pop culture geek. His research combines critical race theory, queer theory, design thinking, and ethnography to ...

As the summer heat bakes the West Coast, the thoughts of many who have lived here for any amount of time will turn naturally to the idea of wildfire. As of writing, California has already experienced ...

As a first-year doctoral student at UC Santa Barbara, Andrew White had trouble finding his place. He arrived with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology, and a minor in music. But ...

Grace Han's research centers on molecular solar thermal energy storage, optically controlled recycling of materials and light-driven phase transitions. Her group combines synthetic chemistry with ...

Catherine Klapperich's research is focused on engineering medical devices for use in low resource settings and at the point of care. Her work focuses on use of disposable microfluidic diagnostics that ...

Carolyn Mills is focused on the study and engineering of protein assemblies to address challenges in plastic waste remediation, biological liquid-liquid phase separation and oral vaccine development.

Romance is a complex affair in humans. There’s personality, appearance, seduction, all manner of physical and social cues. Mosquitoes are much more blunt. Mating occurs for a few seconds in midair.

It’s 1999, the 21st century is on the horizon, and California has big plans for marine conservation. New legislation has presented a mandate to establish an ambitious network of marine protected areas ...