Humans have engineered climate change by manipulating the environment. There’s a hope that we may also be able to mitigate this, predominantly through reducing emissions, but in some cases by ...

Researchers developed a metric for detecting how plants budget water based on soil moisture data, which can inform our own water management, agricultural activities and climate resilience.

To help keep single-use plastics from Tajiguas Landfill, a pair of undergraduate students in the Environmental Leadership Incubator program have expanded recycling and reuse efforts across campus.

“Our study shows that improving access to technology like broadband internet and smartphones, and healthcare technology use like telehealth and health-related social media platforms, can significantly ...

Joseph Polchinski moved to UC Santa Barbara in 1992, where he was a Professor of Physics and a Permanent Member of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Polchinski's contributions to ...

Corina Logan's research has advanced our understanding of behavioral flexibility, linking behavior to environmental change, cognition, and success in human modified environments through a comparative ...

The Banerjee Lab's flat and tiny field-effect transistors could pave the way for ultra-efficient brain-inspired computing ...

Scientists uncover why some waterways form single channels, while others divide into many threads, solving a longstanding quandary in the science of rivers.

UC Santa Barbara media study finds parents’ phone use in front of their kids can have an adverse impact on emotional intelligence ...

Researchers have mapped the spread of a deadly fungal infection ravaging an endangered frog, revealing some of the factors driving the outbreak.

In a six year study, labs at UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley, Stanford and U of Virginia, discovered and replicated 16 novel findings in social-behavioral studies using the best available research ...

Mosquitoes have a new trick! Researchers at UCSB found that the insects can use infrared radiation to locate humans. This discovery could help in fighting mosquito-borne diseases. #Mosquitoes #Health ...