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A mosquito lands on a blue fabric.
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Photo by Егор Камелев on Unsplash
Finding the right taste to send mosquitoes packing could save hundreds of thousands of lives.

Mosquito taste receptor could lead to new insect repellents

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photograph of hands bound by the cord of a video game controller
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Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues
control systems engineer
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James B. Rawlings receives nation’s highest honor in control systems engineering
A placid lake with background mountains perfectly reflected on its surface.
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Matt Perko

Jim Salzman elected to prestigious environmental law society for bridging economics, nature and policy
scientists use robotics
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Juan Manuel Urueña Vargas

NSF renews $19.8M for UCSB and UCLA to lead U.S. innovation in AI-driven biomaterials
man of East Asian descent in suit smiling
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UC Santa Barbara’s Arpit Gupta is one of the inaugural recipients of Google’s ML & Systems Junior Faculty Award

Google honors UCSB computer scientist for pioneering low-cost AI network models
Gary Horowitz in blue collared shirt on blue background.
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Jeff Liang
Gary Horowitz

Gary Horowitz awarded Dirac Medal for contributions to theoretical physics
photo of orbital lesions in a child's skull
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Dead Men Tell Tales, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license
Orbital lesions (cribra orbitalia) in a young child from the medieval site of Helgeandsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden

Cranial lesions are signs of compromised immune function
A turbid river flows down from the mountains through a mixed woodland. Gravel, cobbles, and boulders line the river channel. Clouds obscure the very peaks of the mountains above the trees.
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Sergey Kuznetsov via iStock
Rivers wash mountains to the sea. How quickly they do this has major implications for natural hazards and fundamental Earth science.

Years after an earthquake, rivers still carry the mountains downstream
Five sliced bagels are linked in a chain on a yellow background.
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Matt Perko
Linking single sugars into short-chain carbohydrates, called oligosaccharides, has proven surprisingly difficult.

New method to synthesize carbohydrates could pave the way to biomedical advances
a group photo of the Gaucho Racing team
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Members of Gaucho Racing pose with their electric F1 vehicle at Michigan International Speedway

On the road to success: Gaucho Racing competes at the Michigan International Speedway
artists rendering of fragmented comet approaching Earth

Destructive cosmic airbursts likely more common than previously believed
an African American man at a computer while holding a medicine bottle

Better access to technology can help African Americans bridge the healthcare gap
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