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A visualization of a magnetar with tilted accretion disk and energetic polar jets.
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Joseph Farah and Curtis McCully of LCO
A spinning magnetar twists space-time itself, causing the disk of material around it to wobble and produce the ultra-bright flashes of this peculiar kind of supernova.

UCSB researcher bridges the worlds of general relativity and supernova astrophysics

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LUX experiment

First Results from LUX, the World’s Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector

Building a Better LED

Of Big Data and Network Science
Yuba Fan

Study Documents Enduring Contaminant Legacy of the Gold Rush
James Roney

The Power of Hormones

Dissection of Oarfish Reveals Insights into its Ecology
Bren Hall's solar panels

Cool School in All Shades of Green
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Central Coast Sustainability Summit Points the Way to New Projects

UCSB Research Highlights
Adelie penguins

Ice Sheet Plays Key Role in Regulating and Responding to Earth's Climate
Female-specific iridescent stripes in the skin of the common market squid

True Colors: Female Squid Have Two Ways to Switch Color
A fly consumes camphor-containing ice cream.

For Fruit Flies, Food Experience Can Alter Taste Preferences
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