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Synthetic fertilizer has increased the amount of nitrogen compounds in the biosphere, compounds that must be converted by microbes back into nitrogen gas.

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November 15, 2012

Dark Matter Detector Installed Underground and Submerged; Data Collection to Begin in 2013

November 7, 2012

Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network Receives Department of Interior's National Conservation Award

November 6, 2012

10 UCSB Faculty Members Named Fellows of American Mathematical Society

November 1, 2012

Scientists Report ‘New Beginning’ in Split-Brain Research, Using New Analytical Tools

October 31, 2012

UC Santa Barbara Scientists Learn How to Unlock the Destiny of a Cell: A Gift for the Tin Man?

October 30, 2012

New Study to Examine Ecological Tipping Points in Hopes of Preventing Them

October 29, 2012

Stem Cell Research at UCSB Soars with New Lab Space and New Research Teams

October 24, 2012

NASA-Funded Research to Examine Urban Transitions, Land Change in Ghana

October 23, 2012

UCSB Scientists Retrieve Important Ocean Acidification Data from Antarctic Waters

October 22, 2012

UCSB Physicist Receives Prestigious Packard Fellowship Award

October 16, 2012

Envisioning Novel Approaches for Eye Disease: ‘The New Medicine' at UC Santa Barbara

October 15, 2012

New Center at UCSB Aims to Help Shift Chemical Industry Toward Sustainability

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