Researchers propose 3D semiconductor architectures using 2D semiconductor materials for better performance and scalability ...

Sameer Pandya’s Our Beautiful Boys (Ballantine, 2025) drops us into the dark heart of suburbia—literally. Four teens enter a cave in Southern California; only three come out unscathed. What unfolds is ...

Despite the fear they may inspire in humans, sharks have far more reason to fear us. Nearly one-third of sharks are threatened with extinction globally, mostly as a result of fishing. A team led by ...

Beating 19 teams from schools across California, Nevada, Hawaii and Guam, UC Santa Barbara’s Army ROTC Surfrider Battalion won the Ranger Challenge regional competition in February at Fort Hunter ...

From integrated photonics to quantum information science, controlling light with electric fields — known as the electro-optic effect — is essential for applications such as light modulation and ...

Inside our fall/winter issue you'll find a trio of inspiring conservation stories from California's eastern Sierra region, where UC Santa Barbara has a natural reserve — and a huge research presence.

There’s no sugar coating to the film, nor a succinct lesson at the end. But it’s important medicine at a time when public ...

Where do trees get their water? How does climate change reshape forests? UC Santa Barbara professor Naomi Tague and artist ...

Study by UCSB marine scientists demonstrates the ability of natural dune formations at Santa Monica Beach to withstand more ...