Artificial intelligence is becoming a fixture of college life, influencing how students learn, seek advice and navigate the world. As a 2026–27 fellow of the University of California National Center ...

Marine scientists at UC Santa Barbara have found that disturbances to giant kelp forests have a major influence on their net primary productivity (NPP) — an indicator of an ecosystem’s health and its ...

Quasars are among the brightest, most energetic objects in the universe, powered by supermassive black holes devouring matter at the centers of galaxies. Their extreme luminosity makes them visible ...

The courtyard of Bren Hall was packed to the gills Friday morning with jubilant grads and their families, friends and faculty. The ceremony was scored with numbers like “Wide Open Spaces” and “Have ...

Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly vital to everyday activities across diverse sectors of society, from AI assistants to autonomous vehicles to healthcare. But the way these systems are ...

Researchers from UC Santa Barbara’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory (BOSL) and local partners in San Francisco have unveiled new technology in their ongoing efforts to prevent whales and oceangoing ...

For prospective transfer students, the route to UC Santa Barbara is as wide-ranging, varied and, in many cases, non-traditional as the students themselves. And now, to that point, a new education ...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara are coming ever closer to uncovering the neural circuitry that translates stimulus to action, shining light on previously unseen neural connections and lesser-known ...

Humans have endeavored to predict the weather since time immemorial. Far from a mere perk, our ability to accurately forecast has been tied to our very survival. And as meteorology developed into an ...

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 ...

Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes — think driving, or reading a room for the reaction to your joke — is a behavior known as covert attention. We do it all the time, but little ...

Too much screen time — particularly related to social media use in kids, teens and young adults — is a major concern in modern society. Smartphones are ubiquitous. Social media is enticing. And the ...