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Rare earth element names with suffix “ium.”
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Matt Perko

A simple filter for rare earth elements will ensure a clean domestic supply of these crucial metals
Sara Poot Herrera a woman smiling
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UCSB Distinguished Professor Sara Poot Herrera

How to build global community through Mexican literature
Old, abandoned barn in a large field with white wildflowers and prairie grass.
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While global trends dominate environmental outcomes, decisions about recultivating or rewilding abandoned fields can influence habitat health.

Protecting nature may depend on where — not just how — we farm
dead tree on salt island in the Dead Sea

Dead Sea’s salt giants offer rare glimpse into Earth’s geological past
Headshot of Dennis Assanis overlaid on aerial view of campus
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Dr. Dennis Assanis

Dr. Dennis Assanis appointed as UC Santa Barbara’s next chancellor
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To benefit from the internet, ‘not all screens are created equal’
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Book cover art for “It Rhymes with Takei,” illustrated by Harmony Becker

Star Trek actor George Takei and coming out in 2005
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NSF grant supports advances in cyberinfrastructure for multimodal imaging data
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Optogenetic platform illuminates new antiviral strategies
Headshot of Andrew Plantinga on a background of conifer trees.
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Andrew Plantinga

Andrew Plantinga recognized for shaping environmental policy through economic insight
An Icelandic braided river, seen from above.
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Multi-channel rivers predominate in Iceland’s easily eroded volcanic soil.

Rivers choose their path based on erosion — a discovery that could transform flood planning and restoration
turbulence as ink is dispersed into water

New mathematical insights into Lagrangian turbulence
Erosion has exposed the cross-section of a forest from the canopy and understory to the subsoil and parent material.
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A new model provides a look into the dynamic feedback between soil moisture levels and plants’ water-use strategies.

A nuanced model of soil moisture illuminates plant behavior and climate patterns
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Graduate Division announces winners of annual mentoring awards
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A researcher at work in materials scientist Stephen Wilson's Lab

Advancing quantum science and nurturing aspiring scientists
colorful conceptual design of UCSB's sneak peek promotion of it's annual community reading program

Sneak peek: UCSB Reads announces 2026 shortlist
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A commercial fishing vessel near Kodiak Island, Alaska

Experts say seafood deregulation could impact sustainability and supply
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Author Louis Bayard is adapting his novel "The Wildes," which explores Oscar Wilde’s family life, for a staged reading at UCSB’s LAUNCH PAD Summer Series on July 10.

Louis Bayard brings ‘The Wildes’ to UCSB’s LAUNCH PAD series
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Aging: Chronic inflammation is associated with industrialized lifestyles
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Postdocs awarded inaugural Graduate Division prize in excellence
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