Ozempic has been making headlines for its remarkable success in treating obesity and diabetes. Yet it is just one in a rapidly growing class of drugs called peptide therapeutics that sits between ...

Although modern science has only been around for a few centuries, we’ve become quite adept at training students in the scientific method. But learning how to translate research insights into practical ...

When the sun goes down, solar panels stop working. This is the fundamental hurdle of renewable energy: how to save the sun’s power for a rainy day — or a cold night. Chemists at UC Santa Barbara have ...

When California’s now-iconic bear flag was introduced in the mid-1800s, there were an estimated 10,000 grizzlies statewide. When that flag was officially adopted in 1911, grizzly bears were ...

UC Santa Barbara ranks first among U.S. public universities, third among all U.S. institutions, and seventh worldwide for scientific impact in engineering and the physical sciences, according to the ...

Otger Campas' group is broadly interested in morphogenesis and self-organization of living systems, regardless of the particular organism or scale. They work to identify general principles of ...

UC Santa Barbara has reached a pivotal milestone in its effort to modernize campus financial and accounting processes with the recent launch of several key tools and the debut of a sophisticated new ...

While the flood and ebb of the daily news cycle can be difficult to track, this time of year can mark a respite of sorts, as news outlets – independent and mainstream alike – pause to reflect on ...

Selected from a global field of composers whose work is shaping the future of contemporary music, UC Santa Barbara professor and Corwin Chair of Composition João Pedro Oliveira has received a 2025 ...

One of the perks of being a Nobel laureate is that if you’re lucky, in time you will get to witness just how far the massive impact of your work goes. Such was the case for Alan Heeger, professor of ...

On Friday, Feb. 13, UC Santa Barbara will host a transcription “birthday party” with an unusual mix of activities: students, staff and community members will spend the afternoon transcribing digitized ...

Wall Street executive turned best-selling author Julissa Arce moved to the United States from Mexico when she was 11. She learned English, graduated from high school and, thanks in part to a Texas law ...