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 ...

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

A sneeze. Ocean currents. Smoke. What do these have in common? They’re instances of turbulence: unpredictable, chaotic, uneven fluid flows of fluctuating velocity and pressure. Though ubiquitous in ...

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

Students, faculty, staff and community members can help choose the title for UCSB Reads 2026, the 20th edition of the university's award-winning common book program.

UC Santa Barbara’s Graduate Division has launched a new award to spotlight the vital contributions of postdoctoral scholars, celebrating their excellence in mentorship and leadership. In its inaugural ...

Metatext: In his latest book, UCSB scholar Benjamin Cohen examines the global and domestic pressures that could push countries, including the U.S., toward breakup.

UC Santa Barbara psychologists Madeleine Gross and Jonathan Schooler developed a curiosity-focused app that helps users build curiosity through small daily actions — offering new insight into how ...

In the name of open science, the multinational scientific collaboration COSMOS on Thursday has released the data behind the largest map of the universe. Called the COSMOS-Web field, the project, with ...

In 1982 physicist John Hopfield translated this theoretical neuroscience concept into the artificial intelligence realm, with the formulation of the Hopfield network. In doing so, not only did he ...

The world’s largest Raspberry Pi cluster, built by Oracle, has found a new home at UC Santa Barbara for research, teaching and innovation in the Internet of Things.

Earth emerged from the last ice age around 11,700 years ago. A new analysis suggests the next one could be expected in 10,000 years’ time.