UCSB’s Justin Wilson has developed a new approach to extract rare earth elements from waste. The goal is to make rare earth element recycling financially, logistically and environmentally attractive.

However, “not all screens are created equal,” according to Amy Gonzales, an expert in digital equity and associate communication professor at UC Santa Barbara. “Owning a large-screen device, such as a ...

Star Trek actor George Takei reunites with UCSB's Alexander Cho to reflect on his 2005 coming out interview, cultural change and the release of his new graphic memoir "It Rhymes with Takei." ...

Alexander Cho is a media scholar, digital design researcher, critical theorist, and pop culture geek. His research combines critical race theory, queer theory, design thinking, and ethnography to ...

A new National Science Foundation (NSF) award will support UC Santa Barbara researchers in developing the next generation of cyberinfrastructure for multimodal imaging data. Leading the effort is B. S ...

Sara Poot-Herrera has written over one hundred publications, including books, book chapters and papers. Her articles on Juan José Arreola, Carlos Fuentes, Juan Rulfo, Jaime Torres Bodet, Josefina ...

An expert in digital communication and equity, Amy Gonzales is interested in the psychological and tangible consequences of internet-based social interactions, and her work aims to advance theoretical ...

Chase Brewster works on the Clean Currents Coalition project aimed at preventing marine plastic pollution through interventions in rivers, primarily managing the Coalition’s global dataset and science ...

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 ...

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.

Two longrunning mentorship prizes spanning a variety of disciplines have been awarded by UC Santa Barbara’s Graduate Division to this year’s recipients. Now in its 22nd year, the Fiona and Michael ...