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color photograph of professors Miguel Eckstein and Arpit Gupta
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UC Santa Barbara vision scientist Miguel Eckstein (left) and computer scientist Arpit Gupta will discuss AI as a research tool

UCSB researchers discuss AI role in computing and cognition

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Laser tech expert wins major materials award
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McLean Echlin
The prototype of UCSB's TriBeam microscope, developed by the Tresa Pollock Lab before it was commercialized by Thermo Fisher Scientific

Scientific research soars with NSF’s Major Research Instrumentation program
The 14 members of the Biopacific Group pose outside Elings Hall
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The NSF BioPACIFIC MIP group.

BioPACIFIC MIP unites two UC campuses to advance a new model for materials research
arts and technology at different hemispheres of the brain

NSF-supported collaborative project to connect culture, creativity and technological innovation
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John Bowers to receive the 2024 Jun-ichi Nishizawa Prize for his contributions to optics and photonics
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
concept photo of a green building amid regular buildings

This adaptive roof tile can cut both heating and cooling costs
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A major materials award for Chris Van de Walle
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Nine early-career faculty members receive 2023-24 Hellman Fellowships
illustration of a robotic arm working with DNA

Scientists will eliminate bottlenecks to breakthroughs with a newly acquired synthetic biology robotics system
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Researchers can now visualize osmotic pressure in living tissue
NSF director at the Engineering Sciences Building
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NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan speaking at the Engineering Sciences Building

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