A groundbreaking study by UC Santa Barbara and McGill University has revealed that eukaryotic organisms, including plants, animals, and fungi, were already diverse and complex…
Posts published in “UC Santa Barbara”
Auto Added by WPeMatico
New Adaptive Roof Tile Cuts Both Heating and Cooling Costs Without the Need for Electronics
UC Santa Barbara researchers have created an adaptive roofing tile that reduces building heating and cooling costs by using a wax motor to change surface…
Echoes from the Deep: Unraveling the Mystery of Vanishing Groundwater
A groundbreaking study by UC Santa Barbara scientists presents a detailed analysis of global groundwater levels, showing widespread declines across the globe. By examining data…
Scientists Uncover Mysterious Cosmic Gift That Sparked Agricultural Revolution in Ancient Syria
A comet impact 12,800 years ago spurred the transition to agriculture in Syria’s Abu Hureyra, with global evidence linking cosmic events to environmental change and…
How Blue Foods Can Help Solve Global Issues
Blue foods, also referred to as aquatic foods, are sourced from various bodies of water such as oceans, lakes, rivers, ponds, tanks, and raceways. These…
Quantum Breakthrough: A New Method for On-Chip Generation of Single Photon
An array of on-demand single-photon sources deterministically integrated with silicon-based photonics, created from the hybrid integration of 2D materials with silicon nitride resonators. Credit: The…
An Overlooked Phenomenon – Researchers Discover Evidence of a “Hidden” State Involving One of the Most Common Ions
According to the researchers, this newly discovered behavior has implications for comprehending the function of phosphate ions in biocatalysis, energy balance in cells, and the…
Rare Clam Thought To Be Extinct – Found Alive
The type specimen that George Willett used to originally describe the species. Credit: Valentich-Scott et al. A tiny clam, previously only known from fossil records,…
Physics of Disaster: How Do Mudslides Move?
During the 2018 Montecito mudslides, powerful flows of debris pushed boulders out of creek-carved canyons toward homes, causing destruction and 23 deaths. New findings from…
“Something Strange Is Going On” – Physicists Answer a Decades-Old Question
Physicists have answered a longstanding question concerning interacting quantum particles in a disordered system. A Different Type of Chaos Physicists from the University of California, Santa…
The Earth’s Newest Secret: Fundamental Changes to What We Know About How Volcanoes Work
Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland erupting at night. Recent discoveries from Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall eruptions alter what we know about how volcanoes work. Learning something that fundamentally…
More Potent, Less Toxic: Scientists Develop a Better Type of Chemotherapy
Researchers discovered two compounds that are more potent and less toxic than existing leukemia treatments, which often cause unpleasant side effects in patients. Researchers discover…
Why Does Love Feel Magical? Science Reveals an Evolutionary Advantage
Evolutionary psychology may explain why magical thinking is so central to love. In our current age of science, many people see supernatural forces as illusions…
A Keto Diet Can Help Treat Polycystic Kidney Disease
A ketogenic diet is low in carbohydrates and high in fats. Researchers investigate the treatment of polycystic kidney disease using low-carb/low-sugar diets. A team of…
Human Longevity: How Your Grandparents Are the Secret to Your Long Life
Scientists believe that the secret to our long lives is our ancestors. Researchers believe that elderly people have contributed to the long human lifespan. Natural…
Mysterious Star Survives a Thermonuclear Supernova Explosion
[unable to retrieve full-text content] A Tenacious Star Validates a Revised Model of Supernovae A supernova is the cataclysmic explosion of a star. Thermonuclear supernovae,…
Sending Life to the Stars: Scientists Contemplate Launching Tiny Lifeforms Into Interstellar Space
No longer solely in the realm of science fiction, the possibility of interstellar travel has appeared, tantalizingly, on the horizon. Although we may not see…
First Experimental Reconstruction of a Bloch Wavefunction
In the lower right a near-IR laser separates the two electrons (empty circles) from the two kinds of holes (solid circles). The charges are accelerated…
A Sunny Outlook for Solar: New Research Demonstrates Great Promise for Improving Solar Cell Efficiency
All-inorganic perovskites compare well with their hybrid counterparts in terms of efficiency. Credit: Illustration by Xie Zhang New research demonstrates great promise of all-inorganic perovskite…
Planetary Defense: Physicists Propose New Way To Defend Earth Against Cosmic Impacts
Is Planetary Defense PI in the Sky? In February of 2013, skywatchers around the world turned their attention toward asteroid 2012 DA14, a cosmic rock…