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College of Creative Studies biology student Ashley Yeh '24

Creative Studies student earns coveted Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for neuroscience

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The winners of the 2023 NVC with a big check
Leeta's Kira Wyckhoff (left), and Linus Kautzsch (right), with materials professor Ram Seshadri (center)

Leeta wins UCSB's 24th Annual New Venture Competition
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Capstone project client Steve Ferreira (center) with (from right): Professor Tyler Susko and team members James Freda, Carlos Rivera, Janna Crocker, Joseph Byun and Cannon Crow.

An innovative, student-designed weight machine makes working out more accessible to people who use wheelchairs
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Researchers discover a way to improve nonviral gene editing as well as a new type of DNA repair
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From l to r: Ambuj Singh, Christopher Kruegel, João Hespanha, Giovanni Vigna

UC Santa Barbara to lead NSF-funded research institute for next-level AI-powered cybersecurity
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A game-changing method of “upcycling” plastics helps clear the path toward a circular economy
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Ruminants such as cows, sheep and goats host anaerobic gut fungi that can break down tough cell walls

Researchers prove that tough, woody lignin can be broken down in an anaerobic environment
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Researchers uncover physical limitation in haptic holography
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Kerem Çamsari is pursuing pioneering research into probabilistic computing

Kerem Çamsari receives an Early CAREER Award to develop probabilistic computing, which could be an important step on the way to quantum computers
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A superhydrophobic surface, such as lotus leaf, repels water due to tiny air pockets that prevent water from adhering to the surface

Researchers find the key to reducing drag on superhydrophobic surfaces can come down to a single parameter
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Beth Pruitt receives a five-year NSF award to study sex-differentiated heart-cell responses to stress
Kamyar Parto works in the Quantum Photonics Lab with Arjun Choudhri, a high school student he mentored last summer
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Kamyar Parto (left) works in the Quantum Photonics Lab with Arjun Choudhri, a high school student he mentored last summer

The Moody Lab develops a new method for on-chip generation of single photon
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An Overlooked Phenomenon
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