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Microbes are responsible for much of carbon sequestration in the ocean

The mystery of the missing deep ocean carbon fixers

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Recasting the architecture of empire
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James Haefner
Southwest view of the Doolittle house, Joshua Tree, November 2022

Architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg’s archive donated to Architecture and Design Collection
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Matt Perko

On the origin of academic traditions — and some alternatives for debate
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‘Going green always wins’: Bruce Lipshutz makes the case for green chemistry in drug manufacturing for low-income countries
Sand dunes surround palms, trees, shrubs and a small lake in the UAE.
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A desert oasis is perhaps the most striking example of a groundwater-dependent ecosystem.

Groundwater is key to protecting global ecosystems
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Four junior faculty members win Sloan Research Fellowships
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Kum-Kum Bhavnani awarded ‘for distinguished leadership’
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Monarch butterflies undertake a multigenerational migration that covers thousands of miles

Neurobiologist Sung Soo Kim receives 2024 Scholar Award from McKnight Foundation
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Debra Herrick
From left, art professor Kim Yasuda and her students Evelia Rosas, Lara Love, Miriam MacMillan and Savannah Arroyo

‘Today’s Today Is Today’ exhibition showcases multi-generational artistic connections at UCSB
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Matt Perko
The small, wearable device is part of a system that monitors drug concentrations and delivers accurate dosages

New drug delivery technology promises more accurate dosing
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Matt Perko
“Everyone writes from the lens of their experience or where they allow their imagination,” says film & media studies lecturer Wendy Eley Jackson, pictured at far right.

UC Santa Barbara and Tuskegee University launch pilot program to advance Black cultural perspectives in TV writing
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Chasing quantum ‘magic’: Andrea Young receives $2 million award to develop a more stable quantum architecture
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