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two building structures in concrete with a bridge connecting them and a wide staircase with students walking down it
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Matt Perko

NSF-funded program supports and retains first-year engineers

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the cellular development of an embryonic tooth
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Neha Pincha Shroff and Pengfei Xu
Tooth epithelium (cell surface; yellow) and mesenchyme (cell surface; magenta). Proliferating cells (cyan) expand the tissue, generating a mechanical pressure at the tissue center that drives the formation of the main tooth signaling center or organizer, the enamel knot.

Pressure determines which embryonic cells become ‘organizers’
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A seed grant for light-driven catalysis
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Laser tech expert wins major materials award
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
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
illustration of a robotic arm working with DNA

Scientists will eliminate bottlenecks to breakthroughs with a newly acquired synthetic biology robotics system
a pink-colored droplet between yellow-bordered cells
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Researchers can now visualize osmotic pressure in living tissue
illustration of blue and yellow circuitry

UCSB joins a federally sponsored regional innovation hub to help bolster microelectronics technology
Misha Sra
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Lilli McKinney
Misha Sra

Computer scientist Misha Sra uses AI to make motor skills training more accessible
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