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A University of Missouri researcher has developed a “virtual wall” which could stop the spread of oil and help build an invisible barrier to contain oil spills. The following is a University of Missouri News Release, dated December 2, 2013: The outer shell of a droplet of oil on a surface has a thin skin which allows it to hold its shape like a small dome; this shell is referred to as the liquid’s surface tension....

The first joint retreat of University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) and San Diego State University (SDSU) geography departments was held on November 16 at the Sedgwick Reserve – a research, conservation, and education facility located north of Santa Barbara in the Santa Ynez Valley. The retreat, hosted by UCSB Geography Department and attended by 26 participants from both departments, including faculty members, graduate...

Prof. Martin Raubal, Adjunct UCSB Geography faculty member, just wrote from ETH Zurich to say: “My student Yihong Yuan successfully defended her PhD on November 21, 2013. She has done a wonderful job over the last 4 years, publishing several papers in prominent journals and conferences and working with me here in Switzerland on a project called ‘Characterizing human mobility from mobile phone usage’ funded by the Swiss National...