Researchers evaluate certification programs as options for sustaining tropical forests
Forests cover 31 percent of Earth's land mass—for now, anyway.
Environment
Dec 12, 2017
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Nano-'hashtags' could be the key to generating the highly sought Majorana quasiparticle
UC Santa Barbara scientists are on the cusp of a major advance in topological quantum computing.
Quantum Physics
Nov 16, 2017
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Researchers test the capability of a novel nanoparticle to remove cadmium toxicity from a freshwater system
Nanotechnology plays an important role in removing toxic chemicals found in the soil. Currently more than 70 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund sites are using or testing nanoparticles to remove or degrade environmental ...
Nanomaterials
Oct 25, 2017
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Biologist examines the benefits and drawbacks of virtual and augmented reality in teaching environmental science
Virtual reality has nothing on nature. Just ask the UC Santa Barbara students who one recent day trekked to a forest before dawn to listen to a chorus of early birds.
Other
Oct 20, 2017
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Biologists explore the molecular underpinnings of cells that recover from the verge of programmed death
A new collaboration between two UC Santa Barbara labs explores the underlying molecular mechanism of a remarkable process called anastasis, a Greek word meaning "rising to life." Building on earlier work showing that cells ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 27, 2017
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Engineers create atomically thin superlattice materials with precision
Control is a constant challenge for materials scientists, who are always seeking the perfect material—and the perfect way of treating it—to induce exactly the right electronic or optical activity required for a given ...
Nanophysics
Sep 26, 2017
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Researchers get a nanoscale glimpse of crevice and pitting corrosion as it happens
What affects almost everything made of metal, from cars to boats to underground pipes and even the fillings in your teeth? Corrosion—a slow process of decay. At a global cost of trillions of dollars annually, it carries ...
Materials Science
Sep 14, 2017
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Researchers analyze flocking behavior on curved surfaces
A murmuration of starlings. The phrase reads like something from literature or the title of an arthouse film. In fact, it is meant to describe the phenomenon that results when hundreds, sometimes thousands, of these birds ...
General Physics
Sep 7, 2017
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Biologists show that fruit fly larvae can make decisions about feeding that balance risk against benefit
We humans aren't the only creatures drawn by the smell of a good meal. Fruit fly larvae, it turns out, are equally susceptible to food scents, although the odors that attract them may not appeal to us.
Plants & Animals
Sep 5, 2017
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Researchers find support for redistribution is a function of compassion, self-interest and envy—but not fairness
Economic redistribution has been a core political dispute around the world for centuries. And while intuitively fairness seems a natural explanation for why people support redistribution, researchers at UC Santa Barbara find ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2017
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