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UC Santa Barbara materials scientist Omar Saleh

From charged polymers to life-saving innovations

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Matt Perko
UCSB Distinguished Professor Emeritus Brenda Major

Lifetime of research on prejudice and resilience earns Brenda Major national recognition
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Centuries of misguided policy, politics and prejudice have primed the land for the unprecedented infernos that wildland firefighters now face every year.

Hotshots, history and the human choices behind megafires
A rendering of the paths of various particles after a collision in a particle accelerator.
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Theorists like Bruno Scheihing-Hitschfeld develop our descriptions of the exotic materials created within particle colliders.

A rewarding dissertation on the strong nuclear force
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Matt Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Laboratory
The outer detector of the LZ dark matter experiment

Physicists tighten the net on elusive dark matter
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Eckart Meiburg receives NSF award to study sediment dynamics behind mudslides and erosion
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Matt Perko
Professor Daniel Blumenthal's lab develops chip-scale components that can bring the power and precision of quantum science outside of the tightly controlled environment of the lab.

Chip-scale cold atom and trapped ion experiments can unleash the power of quantum science in the field
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Jeff Liang
UCSB's Grace Han’s research centers on solar fuels that capture sunlight and convert it into usable heat.

Chemist Grace Han named Moore Inventor Fellow
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Fibroblasts secreting matrix-bound nanovesicles

Bioengineer Marley Dewey receives NIH award to study extracellular vesicles that support tissue repair
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Researchers find evidence of cosmic impact at classic Clovis archaeological sites
Three tropical cyclones in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
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The El Niño Southern Oscillation drives major weather patterns across the globe. Disrupting it could have intense and far-reaching ramifications.

A hard look at geoengineering reveals global risks
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Kelp forests are connected to local beach ecosystems
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Dorit Hanein
Dorit Hanein’s team and collaborators captured Rac1, a tiny molecular switch, rapidly building and breaking cellular scaffolds, revealing how cells swiftly reshape their skeletons to move and adapt.

Dorit Hanein honored for research revealing the cellular roots of disease
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