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A pair of comets partially melt as they collide in an inset image, lower right, with the system’s young star and accretion disk in the background.
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Thomas Müller (MPIA/HdA)
Scientist imagine the scene when two comets collided in the Fomalhaut system, only 25 light years from Earth.

Astronomers discover huge dust clouds from violent collisions around nearby star

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Fangzhou ZhaoI, Van de Walle group
Concept illustration of non-radiative recombination, in which electron-hole interaction at a defect in the atomic structure results in heat, rather than light, being emitted. Jim Speck will use his Vannevar Bush Award to advance understanding of the physics of such interactions.

Little-understood physics in gallium-nitride LEDs garners UCSB’s Jim Speck a prestigious Vannevar Bush award

Physicists work toward theory to describe pattern formation in conserved fields
two men standing against a gray background
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Jeff Liang
Professors Andrew Jayich, left, and Jon Schuller

Two UCSB professors selected by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to be Experimental Physics Investigators
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Four junior faculty members win Sloan Research Fellowships
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Chasing quantum ‘magic’: Andrea Young receives $2 million award to develop a more stable quantum architecture
concept illustration of an active nematic fluid

Controlling the chaos of active fluids
James Hartle at the Sante Fe Institute in 2011.
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Copyright: Babak Dowlatshahi
Jim Hartle provided a grounding, yet inspiring presence to his friends and colleagues.

Physicists gather to remember the father of quantum cosmology
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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
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
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
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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
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Nine early-career faculty members receive 2023-24 Hellman Fellowships
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