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UC Santa Barbara materials scientist Omar Saleh

From charged polymers to life-saving innovations

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A stack of blocks with the rare earth element symbols on them.
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Scientists and engineers would love if separating rare earth elements were as easy as picking one out of a stack of blocks.

A cleaner, more efficient way to process and recycle rare earth elements
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Lilli Walker
Kerem Çamsari (left) and third-year Ph.D. student Shaila Niazi, who used p-bits to create images that were not part of a machine-learning training data set.

Proving the value of an old algorithm in training deep-learning models for AI
A shortfin mako encountered off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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Neil Ferdinand Nathan
Apex predators like this shortfin make have an outsized influence on their ecosystems. Unfortunately, they’re also the hardest hit by fishing.

Big sharks have a big impact — and a big problem
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Bright prospects for engineering quantum light
A ranger watches hippos through binoculars.
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A ranger watches hippos in the Akagera national park, Rwanda, which is managed by the NGO African Parks. Management of many of the continent's protected areas is being transferred from governments to nonprofit NGOs.

Outsourcing conservation in Africa
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Herbert Kroemer

Library acquires papers of Nobel Laureate Herbert Kroemer
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A long-exposure shot of fireflies in Thailand

Rhythms of nature: understanding synchrony in oscillatory systems
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Matt Perko

On the origin of academic traditions — and some alternatives for debate
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‘Going green always wins’: Bruce Lipshutz makes the case for green chemistry in drug manufacturing for low-income countries
Sand dunes surround palms, trees, shrubs and a small lake in the UAE.
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A desert oasis is perhaps the most striking example of a groundwater-dependent ecosystem.

Groundwater is key to protecting global ecosystems
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Shuji Nakamura to be inducted into Engineering and Science Hall of Fame
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Renato Molina

Expanding marine reserves will redistribute global fishing effort
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