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Film still from the documentary “Walk With Me” about Los Angeles designer Charlie Hess and his journey into early-onset Alzheimer’s.

UCSB research featured in Alzheimer’s documentary at SBIFF

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person with bionic eye

A Clear Vision
Irrigation pump

Slurping Up Groundwater
From left, Bob Miller, Julie Black, Bradford Jones and Kyle Emery

Serendipity on the Shore
Hand grabbing bottle made of #2 and #4 plastic from trash bin with other plastic bottles

A Plastics Recycling Breakthrough
Illustration of human body with blue hue in blue circle

With a Probing Eye
Man with brown hair and skin holds book as woman with black hair and braids looks at him

McNair Scholars Get Big Investment
Experimental optical setup in physics lab

A Different Kind of Chaos
A mechanical wheel topped with a tarp-like cover tiled in solar panels sits in a green river surrounded by green foliage

Catching Plastic at Its Source
Pink cells on a purple background

From Droplet to Discovery
Two silver colored fish swim above a red coral reef in dark blue water

Healing Our Ocean
Humpback whale's tail above water against city skyline

Safe Harbor

Life Imitates Mica
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