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Elephant bones lay scattered around a bare patch on the African savanna with mountains in the background.
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Courtney Reed
An elephant transforms the spot where it dies, with a legacy that lasts long after the body is gone and the bones are scattered.

Elephants continue to shape the savanna even after death

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two older white people on couch with virtual reality headsets
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Rendever.com

NIH backs UCSB virtual reality project to help older adults build real social connections
A pair of divers use bongo nets to collect marine snow in dark, blue water.
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J. Morin/ NOAA
Much of the organic carbon sinking into the deep ocean is carried by tiny organic particles known as marine snow.

A stormy ocean voyage yields insights on the global carbon cycle
concept illustration of AI and brain

AI helps explain how covert attention works and uncovers new neuron types
graduate student Kylie Falcione looks at brain scans
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Matt Perko
Kylie Falcione

Brain science, social media and a modern moral panic
composite image of pictures of Nobel prize-winning physicists
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Matt Perko, with material from © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin

UCSB physicists accept Nobel Prizes in Sweden
photo of detector being lowered
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Courtesy Image
The MicroBooNE detector being installed at Fermilab

MicroBooNE experiment finds no sign of light sterile neutrinos
A male impala with snare around his neck.
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jez_bennett via iStock
Snaring is an important hunting method. But it’s impact on African wildlife has become unsustainable.

Researchers map Africa’s snaring crisis, calling for sustainable solutions
3d shapes floating
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iStock

New haptic display technology creates 3D graphics you can see and feel
illustration of swimming microbes on dark background
Microbes are responsible for much of carbon sequestration in the ocean

The mystery of the missing deep ocean carbon fixers
neural network topology in bright green and yellow
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iStock

New UCSB research shows p-computers can solve spin-glass problems faster than quantum systems
Phoito-illustration of Boris Shraiman in front of a blackboard.
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Matt Perko
Boris Shraiman

Boris Shraiman points a physicist’s eye on biological quandaries
illustration of the brain and the corpus callosum
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Life Science Databases, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.1 Japan
The corpus callosum, in red, connects the two hemispheres of the brain together.

New findings in split-brain science: Even minimal fiber connections can unify consciousness
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