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Alex Lukas
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Debra Herrick
Artist and assistant professor Alex Lukas in his studio

Documenting names crafted in public places with nails, tar, bark and bubblegum, artist Alex Lukas releases 12th edition of his fanzine
open bottle pouring out a small pool of detergent
With this method, your empty detergent bottle can be turned into more detergent

Our plastic waste can be used as raw material for detergents, thanks to an improved catalytic method
close up of brown dog's nose

Dogs can detect COVID-19 infections faster and more accurately than conventional technology, demonstrating readiness for mainstream medical applications
Archival photos of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Santa Barbara
Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, circa 1926 (left), and in 2000. Photos courtesy of Mary Robles.

Library collaboration showcases Santa Barbara community history
The cover of “Mighty Bad Land” with Mount Luyendyk in the background.
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Bruce Luyendyk
Peak 1070 — near one of the team’s field camps — was renamed Mount Luyendyk in honor of the author’s contribution to our knowledge of Antarctica.

‘Mighty Bad Land’: A tale of danger and discovery in West Antarctica
computer image overlaid with law symbols
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iStock/anyaberkut

To close digital divide, lawmakers succeed when focused on education and transparency
a group of researchers in Bolivia
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Michael Gurven
The Tsimane Health and Life History Project mobile field team, consisting of UCSB anthropologist Michael Gurven, center bottom, and including UCSB undergraduate researcher Tianyu Cao (far right), is composed of several Tsimane anthropologists, a Tsimane health promoter, as well as a Bolivian physician and biochemist.

New research shows genetic mutation known for Alzheimer’s disease is associated with higher fertility in women
A scalloped hammerhead prowls a reef in the Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador.
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Lopazanski et al.
The Galapagos Marine Reserve is one of many marine protected areas around the globe that safeguards biodiversity, cultural heritage and marine resources.

Theory meets practice: Marine protected areas overwhelmingly manage with climate change in mind
Art, Design & Architecture Museum
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Ruben Diaz
Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UC Santa Barbara

An art museum with a defining collection of Southern California architecture & design
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NCEAS's Alexandra Phillips has been awarded the first Legislative Branch Fellowship in Climate Science by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Auger-Meitner Effect on electron energy loss
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Fangzhou Zhao
The trap-assisted Auger-Meitner effect allows for energy to be transferred to another electron.

Trap-Assisted Auger-Meitner recombination exposed as a major loss mechanism in LEDs
Ecologies of Childhood conference logo
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Illustration by Maya Gonzalez

International literary conference explores the ‘ecologies of childhood’
Elisabeth Steel drawing on a clear panel
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Eric Isaacs
Elisabeth Steel using Learning Glass video technology

‘Job market ready’ — A doctoral emphasis in teaching excellence
Fulbright scholars
From left, Fulbright awardees Nicky Rehnberg, Rachel Levine and Claire Chevallier

To Germany, Japan and Nepal they go, with Fulbright awards in tow
researchers working with Senegalese partners
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Courtesy Image
UCSB geographer David López-Carr, center left, and Stanford University health and environmental scientist Andrea Lund, center right, working with Senegalese partners

Nuisance vegetation removal in Senegalese waterways reduces the overall prevalence of parasitic infections and increases local food production
abstract purple and pink peptide molecule

A new synergistic method can create non-canonical amino acids by merging synthetic photochemistry with biocatalysis
Promise Fellowship awardees (from left) Lesley Figueroa, Anthony A. Botros, Erik Magaña and Rosemary Juarez
2023-24 Promise Fellowship awardees (from left) Lesley Figueroa, Anthony A. Botros, Erik Magaña and Rosemary Juarez

First-generation college students awarded Promise Fellowships to ease financial stress as they pursue advanced degrees
Inez Beverly Prosser superimposed over a classroom
Inez Beverly Prosser is known as the first Black woman psychologist in the United States.

Groundbreaking work of four prominent Black psychologists featured for the first time in American Psychologist
dune plant and dune fence
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Karina Johnston
Beach bur, a native plant that helped to form dunes on a section of Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles

Dune restoration could increase the resilience of Southern California's urban beaches to sea level rise
Illustration of a person's soul leaving the body
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Lidiia Moor / iStock

Paranormal experiences, among other extraordinary feelings, provide tools for cross-cultural study
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