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Official account of UC Santa Barbara, a dynamic environment where beauty meets brilliance. Follow for news, achievements, and discoveries out of #UCSB.
Santa Barbara, CA
Joined December 2008
RT @BigWestSports: The Big West School Spotlight: UC Santa Barbara. 🔗 #𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗕𝗼𝗹𝗱 x #GoGauchos .
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#UCSB scientists have identified the acoustic and seismic signatures of breaking waves—and traced where along the coast they originated 🐚🌊 . It's an important step toward better tools to monitor sea conditions:
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Using acoustic and seismic data, scientists at UC Santa Barbara are developing a method for monitoring the sea state, crucial for maritime operations, weather forecasting and coastal engineering.
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Human impact on the ocean will double by 2050, researchers at #UCSB’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) are warning. Full story:
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Researchers predict that the rate of human impacts on the oceans is accelerating, and expected to double by 2050
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#UCSantaBarbara Chancellor Dennis Assanis this week begins his journey as the sixth chancellor of the university. Please join us in welcoming Chancellor Assanis and his wife Eleni to #UCSB! #GoGauchos
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Bitcoin’s on fire at $112K! Time to flip the charts on BTCC!.Exploring Cryptocurrency with Jaren Jackson Jr.🏀.
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RT @Surfrider: A huge shout-out to the student leaders of the Surfrider Club at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)! They ha….
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Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues, #UCSB brain scientists find 🎮. The study may have profound impacts on treatment options for gaming addicts. Full story:
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A new study out of UCSB's Media Neuroscience Lab indicates that gaming disorder (AKA video game addiction) likely develops from a player's preexisting mental health conditions.
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Google has awarded two major research awards to #UCSB's Arpit Gupta for pioneering low-cost AI network models—which has broad implications for the efficiency and scalability of future technologies. Full story:
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UCSB's Arpit Gupta has earned two major Google awards for his work developing low-cost AI network models, paving the way for more accessible, “self-driving” networks.
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Thanks to skull scanning advancements, #UCSB's Michael Gurven has been able to find more links between cranial lesions and their effects—enabling a better understanding of health in populations past and present. 🔬. Full story:
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Anthropologists find that cranial lesions — used to assess the health of historical populations — are linked to compromised immunity
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RT @cnsiatucla: Big news! @NSF has renewed $19.8M for @BioPACIFICMIP—a @ucsantabarbara & @cnsiatucla partnership advancing sustainable, bio….
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The U.S. National Science Foundation has renewed funding for BioPACIFIC MIP — Biomaterials, Polymers and Advanced Constructs from Integrated Chemistry Materials Innovation Platform — a collaboration...
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What will that UC degree get you? 25 years of data show UC alums in high-growth careers across industry sector—and the 50 companies that hire the most alumni 🎓📚📈. Full story:
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RT @kalshiwhales: 📈 Kalshi Market of the Day: Who Will Be the World's First Trillionaire?. Market Snapshot:. - Elon Musk holds a 44% chance….
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RT @AnthemPress: Review alert! ✍️ ‘An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Wildlife Corridors' by ‘Amy D. Propen’ has b….
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RT @ucsantabarbara: New findings out of #UCSB have major implications for how we manage natural disasters. Studying the magnitude 7.9 Wenc….
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Sediment surge after the Wenchuan Quake offers clues to mountain-building mechanics and reveals long-term hazards
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RT @ucsantabarbara: #UCSB’s Gaucho Racing club spent a year building an electric F1 car to compete at the annual Formula SAE Electric (FSAE….
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We are looking for a new grad engineer to join our engineering team. This is an unique opportunity to work on an high-visibility special projects with support from many industry leaders and CEOs. If you’re passionate about performance engineering, system reliability, and want.
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New findings out of #UCSB have major implications for how we manage natural disasters. Studying the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake and its landslides, researchers discovered insights into a fundamental question: How do earthquakes build mountains?
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Sediment surge after the Wenchuan Quake offers clues to mountain-building mechanics and reveals long-term hazards
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#UCSB researchers have found a way to selectively create the links that connect single sugars into short-chain carbohydrates—which could open up new avenues of biomedical research and advance cancer treatments. Full story:
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Scientists have developed a method to automate the precise synthesis of oligosaccharides, opening new doors for biomedical research, including vaccines and diagnostics.
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#UCSB’s Gaucho Racing club spent a year building an electric F1 car to compete at the annual Formula SAE Electric (FSAE-E) races in Michigan 🏎️⚡️. The goal? To give engineering students a real-world taste of the automotive industry and future careers 📐
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RT @hfaucsb: Beep, bop, boop… the sound of the ‘90s, says @ucsantabarbara tech historian Prof. W. Patrick McCray in @NPR. He was interviewe….
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AOL debuted the service in 1989. Dial-up has largely been replaced by broadband internet.
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