Researchers have developed a model that captures the nuanced ways that plants manage water stress, and how this affects soil moisture levels.

Using an optogenetic platform developed in biologist Max Wilson's lab to screen hundreds of thousands of compounds, researchers discover dozens of small molecules that can selectively amplify the body ...

Sabrina Strings, Ph.D. is Professor and North Hall Chair of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She was a recipient of the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship ...

Andrea Carlini develops biocompatible polymers that can sense, respond to and report on their environment, particularly for fabricating biomedical technologies. She aims to address unsolved medical ...

A new National Science Foundation (NSF) award will support UC Santa Barbara researchers in developing the next generation of cyberinfrastructure for multimodal imaging data. Leading the effort is B. S ...

Chase Brewster works on the Clean Currents Coalition project aimed at preventing marine plastic pollution through interventions in rivers, primarily managing the Coalition’s global dataset and science ...

An expert in digital communication and equity, Amy Gonzales is interested in the psychological and tangible consequences of internet-based social interactions, and her work aims to advance theoretical ...

Sara Poot-Herrera has written over one hundred publications, including books, book chapters and papers. Her articles on Juan José Arreola, Carlos Fuentes, Juan Rulfo, Jaime Torres Bodet, Josefina ...

The largest assessment of groundwater levels around the globe found that aquifers are declining worldwide. But a few success stories highlight that proactive management can reverse these trends.

In the race to dominate artificial intelligence, technology companies are fueling an unprecedented expansion of data centers. These digital infrastructures power everything from search engines to ...

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

While they confer many ecological benefits, marine protected areas do not shield against the effects of prolonged elevated water temperatures ...