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Matt Perko

UCSB among the world’s most influential research universities for science impact

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'Hybrid' Immersion
Winner of 2014 Physics Frontiers Prize

UCSB Professor Wins 2014 Physics Frontiers Prize

A Cutting-Edge Detector for Astronomers

Team Places First in Data-Mining Challenge on Translational Medicine
LUX experiment

First Results from LUX, the World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector
The winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, Francois Englert, left, and Peter Higgs.

US Scientists Celebrate Nobel Prize for Higgs Discovery

Researchers Make Headway in Quantum Information Transfer

New Book by UCSB Physics Scholar Explores the History of Solar Energy

Feeding Galaxy Caught in Distant Searchlight by International Research Team
Douglas Scalapino, UCSB professor of physics.

UC Santa Barbara Physics Professor to Receive Eugene Feenberg Medal

Astronomer Uncovers The Hidden Identity Of An Exoplanet

Dusty Surprise Around Black Hole Found By Physics Postdoctoral Fellow
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