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Caribbean reef sharks are frequent denizens of Caribbean coral reefs, and their scales certainly find their way into the region’s sand.
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The Mapuche are Chile’s largest Indigenous group, having retained independence form the Spanish empire for centuries.
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Assistant professor of bioengineering Marley Dewey
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UCSB’s Michael Beyeler is using AI to improve visual cortical prostheses, or “bionic eyes.”
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Accounting for the emissions over a vehicle’s entire lifecycle overturns the sunk-cost thinking that keeps gasoline vehicles on the roads.
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Vegetation highlights a self-similar repeating pattern created in the landscape by erosion
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UCSB Professor Haewon Jeong's PhD student Neel Sankaran (left) with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Min Sang Cho (right).
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Small and easily stored, shark fins can be far more valuable than the rest of the animal’s carcass.
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BioPACIFIC MIP lab assistant Marissa Beyer
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The Grand Canyon Lodge before it burned down in 2025
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A close-up view of anaerobic gut fungi under the microscope. Armed with powerful plant-degrading enzymes and a dense network of hyphae, these specialized microbes break down tough lignocellulosic plant matter in the absence of oxygen.