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A giant sea bass cruises the deep reef.
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Merry Passage
Southern California’s population of giant sea bass is recovering from overfishing, but progress is slow.

Community science helps reveal population growth among SoCal’s endangered giant sea bass

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headshot of Pico Gilman
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Second-year Pico Gilman ’27 placed sixth in the Putnam Math Competition, leading UCSB to its best-ever finish.
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Electrical and computer engineering professor in his lab
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Matt Perko
Daniel Blumenthal

Cold atoms on a chip
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The Earth gradually becoming whiter.
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Matt Perko
On its own, Earth would shift toward another ice age in about 10,000 years, scientists say. But humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions may have radically shifted the climates trajectory.
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Black man hands blue card to white man on stage
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Willie E. May, left, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, inducts chemical engineering professor M. Scott Shell, right, as a Fellow.
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concept illustration of robot collective acting like a tool
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Brian Long/UCSB
Disk-shaped robots can act collectively to accomplish tasks such as lifting and manipulating objects, or supporting weight
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photo of world's first quantum topological processor
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Used with permission from Microsoft
Majorana 1, the eight-qubit topological quantum processor unveiled at Microsoft Station Q's 2025 conference
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Rivers running down a mountainous valley
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Jeff Prancevic
Streams like this one can run dry during periods of drought. This study provides new analyses to help predict when and where streams flow.
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A scuba diver conducts surveys surrounded by bright orange Garibaldis.
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author Jennifer Caselle
California's network of marine reserves enables conservation and management without closing large areas of the ocean.
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Daniela Soto at her lab bench
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Jordan Strauss / AP Images for HHMI
Daniela Soto
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Meghan Morrissey behind lab equipment.
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Matt Perko
Meghan Morrissey
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A man with glasses sits on a train, gazing out the window with a contemplative expression. A woman leans her head on his shoulder, partially obscured, wearing glasses and a blue sweater. The train interior is softly lit, and other passengers can be seen in the blurred background.
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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.