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UCSB snags $48M in Army funds for biology-related research

By   /  Thursday, December 5th, 2013  /  South Coast, Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on UCSB snags $48M in Army funds for biology-related research

UC Santa Barbara said Dec. 5 that the U.S. Army has renewed its contract with the university’s Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, providing an additional $48 million over three years to support biology-related research.

The new funds extend a decade of unclassified research in areas such as biotechnology tools, futuristic materials, energy generation and storage, systems and synthetic biology and neuroscience.

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UCSB scientist joins push for research funds

By   /  Friday, December 21st, 2012  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on UCSB scientist joins push for research funds

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Letter: With Prop. 29, the devil is in the details

By   /  Friday, March 23rd, 2012  /  Letters to the Editor, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Letter: With Prop. 29, the devil is in the details

This measure allows Californians’ hard-earned tax dollars to be spent outside the state, even outside the country.

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New cigarette tax could be breath of fresh air for cancer researchers

By   /  Friday, March 9th, 2012  /  Columns, Opinion  /  2 Comments

Prop. 29, which requires a simple majority to pass, would impose a $1 per-pack tax on cigarettes.

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Shaking up science: UCSB team derives formula for oil and water

By   /  Friday, October 28th, 2011  /  Features, Technology  /  Comments Off on Shaking up science: UCSB team derives formula for oil and water

A team at UC Santa Barbara has derived a formula to describe why oil and water don’t mix.

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UCSB lab gets $15M from Dow Chemical Co.

By   /  Monday, October 10th, 2011  /  Latest news, Technology  /  1 Comment

UC Santa Barbara’s Materials Research Laboratory has received up to $15 million from Dow Chemical Co. to establish a new institute to study materials that can further technological discovery. The recent five-year gift comes just weeks after the research lab received $20 million from the National Science Foundation to fund its studies through at least Read More →

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Study targets diabetes

By   /  Friday, August 19th, 2011  /  Technology, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Study targets diabetes

New research conducted on the South Coast could point the way to the prevention and cure of type two diabetes.

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