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arts and technology at different hemispheres of the brain

NSF-supported collaborative project to connect culture, creativity and technological innovation
A school of hammerhead sharks.
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Masayuki Agawa via OceanImageBank

A global study reveals pathways to save threatened sharks, despite rising mortality trends
A large crescent moon shines in the early twilight over tidal mudflats.
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DALL-E, prompt by Harrison Tasoff.
A soft summer evening in the Paleoproterozoic, as envisioned by DALL-E.

Even the oldest eukaryote fossils show dazzling diversity and complexity
satellite image of Mississippi River and surrounding towns
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USGS via Unsplash
The Mississippi River and surrounding towns near the border of Arkansas and Mississippi

Unpacking social equity from biodiversity data: an interdisciplinary policy perspective
Shorebirds on a kelp-laden beach
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Jenny Dugan
Shorebirds forage in kelp wrack on a beach in California

The choreography of cross-ecosystem subsidies that connects the kelp forest to the beach
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Library launches free makerspace with grand opening workshops and ‘UCSB Reads’ book giveaway
A blue macrophage engulfs a magenta lymphocyte, as rendered by ChatGPT4.
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ChatGPT4, prompt by Denise Montell
A blue macrophage engulfs a magenta lymphocyte, as rendered by ChatGPT4.

When bad cells go good: harnessing cellular cannibalism for cancer treatment
Power pylons at sunset.
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Matthew Henry via Unsplash
Decarbonizing the grid is the dawn of a new era of electricity.

Equitably decarbonizing California: A multi-campus collaboration will help the Golden State reach its energy goals
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John Bowers to receive the 2024 Jun-ichi Nishizawa Prize for his contributions to optics and photonics
Side view of a researcher in a lab, wearing goggles and a white coat, looking down
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Elena Zhukova

Making the world healthier, more sustainable and more secure through research
Branches bearing orange flowers extend across a white background
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Elena Zhukova

New trustees bring ‘unique vision, leadership and passion’ to the university’s foundation board
A diverse collection of college-aged people sitting in the sun on a building deck, reading
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Matt Perko

Unveiling our most visited stories of 2023
Portrait of professor Isabel Bayrakdarian at an awards ceremony
Professor and opera singer Isabel Bayrakdarian, November 2023

Operatic soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian: a lifetime of achievement
Ingrid Banks
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Carolyn Casey
Ingrid Banks, associate professor of Black studies

‘The College Board really didn’t know the history of Black studies’
Professor Raymond Clemencon on a bluff overlooking the ocean
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Matt Perko

COP28: ‘Historic failure’ by richest countries as the poorest are hit hardest by global warming
offshore wind turbines

Researchers poised to study the joint effects of climate change and offshore wind energy development on U.S. West Coast fisheries
group shot of scientists
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Kelsey Leonard
Scientists from a broad range of disciplines converged on the UCSB campus for the Institute of Complex and Adaptive Matter's annual Week of Science

Scientists converge to discuss the latest research in complex adaptive matter
concept photo of a green building amid regular buildings

This adaptive roof tile can cut both heating and cooling costs
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Biological anthropologist Kristine Chua, postdoctoral fellow

Biological anthropologist expands Filipina maternal health research
an array of food that is part of the ketogenic diet

Clinical trial shows that the ketogenic diet is effective at controlling polycystic kidney disease
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