Looking Deep into the Mechanics of the Eye
Monday, September 18, 2017
Our bodies, with all their different features and variations, are the result of well-orchestrated processes that dictate what and how cells develop into the organs and tissues that comprise our anatomy. Much of the information is genetic — the result of DNA — and biochemical signals also play a role. Yet another, and still somewhat mysterious, mechanism for embryonic development exists in the tiny mechanical forces that cells exert on each other in the process.
Continue ReadingRoy Lunn, Godfather of the Ford GT40 and Mentor to ME Undergrads passes away
Thursday, August 17, 2017
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Thanks to MURI grants, UCSB mechanical engineers are working on refining and improving machines that move through air and water
Thursday, August 17, 2017
For most of us, fluid dynamics and mechanics aren’t particularly significant — that is, until we’re white-knuckling it on a bumpy plane ride or trying to stay buoyant in unusually bubbly water. The way we navigate through air and water may one day be improved thanks to UC Santa Barbara researchers studying the complex properties and interactions of fluids.
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Graduate student Menaka Wilhelm at WIRED magazine as a science journalist
Thursday, August 10, 2017
This spring, UCSB graduate student Menaka Wilhelm was awarded a AAAS Mass Media Fellowship to work for WIRED magazine in San Francisco as a science journalist. She's now finishing up her summer at WIRED, where she has reported on a wide range of scientific topics, including the atmospheric chemistry of wildfires and the epidemiology of the MERS viru
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The 2017 ShanghaiRanking places UCSB at No. 3 in the world in the field of automation and control.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
With smart homes, self-driving cars and other technology making the world an ever more automated place, state-of-the-art automation and control has become essential. And UC Santa Barbara is among those leading the way.
Continue ReadingFighting diabetes with water bubbles: UCSB chemist engineers a new approach to insulin delivery.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
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