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a sandy beach in the Bahamas
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Divina Cox

Citizen science app tracks coastal erosion in the Bahamas

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two older white people on couch with virtual reality headsets
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NIH backs UCSB virtual reality project to help older adults build real social connections
A pair of divers use bongo nets to collect marine snow in dark, blue water.
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J. Morin/ NOAA
Much of the organic carbon sinking into the deep ocean is carried by tiny organic particles known as marine snow.

A stormy ocean voyage yields insights on the global carbon cycle
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AI helps explain how covert attention works and uncovers new neuron types
grains and pulses with scoops in baskets.
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Addressing world hunger requires an accurate account of those in need.

Global measure underestimates the severity of food insecurity
graduate student Kylie Falcione looks at brain scans
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Matt Perko
Kylie Falcione

Brain science, social media and a modern moral panic
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Matt Perko, with material from © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin

UCSB physicists accept Nobel Prizes in Sweden
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The MicroBooNE detector being installed at Fermilab

MicroBooNE experiment finds no sign of light sterile neutrinos
Older woman with grey hair and blue coat sits outside rustic building
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Elana Resnick
Baka, a waste collector, at home.

How Europe’s green transition is reinforcing racial inequality
illustration of swimming microbes on dark background
Microbes are responsible for much of carbon sequestration in the ocean

The mystery of the missing deep ocean carbon fixers
color photograph of professor Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky
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Matt Perko
Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, December 2024

A feat of multilingual research, Hamed-Troyansky’s “Empire of Refugees” wins eight book prizes
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Star panel to discuss moviegoing in an evolving marketplace
Aerial view of the ocean, beach and mountains surrounding a university campus
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Jeff Liang
An aerial view of the UC Santa Barbara campus.

UCSB praised for excellence, access and value in national rankings
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