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The results indicate that shark abundance in the region declined roughly three-fold since prehistoric times. Scientists recently made news by using fossil shark scales to…
Fifteen years ago, UC Santa Barbara electrical and materials professor John Bowers pioneered a method for integrating a laser onto a silicon wafer. The technology…
A team led by astronomers at UC Santa Barbara have confirmed the existence of an elusive new type of supernova. A worldwide team led by…
Astronomers commonly refer to massive stars as the chemical factories of the Universe. They generally end their lives in spectacular supernovae, events that forge many…
Researchers in the materials department in UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering have uncovered a major cause of limitations to efficiency in a new generation…
Researchers urge a closer examination of sunlight’s efficacy in inactivating the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A year ago scientists everywhere were scrambling to get their minds around…
From biofuels and other commodity chemicals to methane production, genomic study peers into the mysteries of a goat’s gut. Michelle O’Malley has long been inspired…
Archaeologist argues the Chumash Indians were using highly worked shell beads as currency 2,000 years ago. As one of the most experienced archaeologists studying California’s…
In your quest for true love and that elusive happily ever after, are you waiting for the “right” person to come along, or do you…
Dogs’ Highly Evolved Noses Can Rapidly Detect the SARS-CoV-2 Virus For some 15,000 years, dogs have been our hunting partners, workmates, helpers and companions. Could…
Nearly every galaxy hosts a monster at its center — a supermassive black hole millions to billions times the size of the Sun. While there’s…
Hydrocarbons and petroleum are almost synonymous in environmental science. After all, oil reserves account for nearly all the hydrocarbons we encounter. But the few hydrocarbons…
In Michelle O’Malley’s lab, a simple approach suggests a big leap forward in addressing the challenge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Scientists have long been aware of…
Scientists, policymakers, and healthcare workers are eager to discern to what extent COVID-19 may be seasonal. Understanding this aspect of the disease could guide our…
Global survey reveals sharks are functionally extinct on many of the world’s reefs, but hope lies in key conservation measures. Though many people find them…
Exposure to enzymes causes peculiar response in liquid droplets formed by DNA; new study explains mechanisms behind it. “A watched pot never boils,” as the…
Like most galaxies, the Milky Way hosts a supermassive black hole at its center. Called Sagittarius A*, the object has captured astronomers’ curiosity for decades….
Before the Taqba Dam impounded the Euphrates River in northern Syria in the 1970s, an archaeological site named Abu Hureyra bore witness to the moment…