Through a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Jenny Quan is exploring the mathematical principles behind Rubik's cubes.

UC Santa Barbara computer scientist Daniel Lokshtanov is advancing fundamental understanding of computational efficiency through groundbreaking research on quasi-polynomial time algorithms, supported ...

Daniel Lokshtanov’s work explores the limits of what computers can solve, paving the way for advances in artificial intelligence and computational efficiency.

The methodology presented here is described in depth in Kalirad, A., & Sommer, R. J. (2025). Ecological graph theory: Simulating competition and coexistence on graphs ...

In the late 1950s, the CIA was obsessed with mind control—what it was, how to weaponize it, and how to keep it out of Soviet hands. But instead of toiling in the lab to find the answers, the agency ...

Background: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) requires early intervention at preclinical stages like subjective memory complaints (SMC). Traditional static brain network analyses lack sensitivity to detect ...

Fifteen years ago, smack in the middle of Barack Obama's first term, amid the rapid rise of social media and a slow recovery from the Great Recession, a professor at the University of Connecticut ...

Some of the most prevalent UFO conspiracy theories — including about aliens being housed at Area 51 in Nevada — were fueled by the Pentagon in an attempt to provide cover for secret weapons programs, ...