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An Icelandic braided river, seen from above.
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Luca Ronchi via iStock
Multi-channel rivers predominate in Iceland’s easily eroded volcanic soil.

Rivers choose their path based on erosion — a discovery that could transform flood planning and restoration

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Researchers uncover physical limitation in haptic holography
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Professor Tim Sherwood named an Association of Computing Machinery Fellow
Ainissa Ramirez stands onstage wearing a dark suit
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Materials scientist and author Ainissa Ramirez to present on little-known inventors
Gary Horowitz wears glasses and a blue shirt in a dark room
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Matt Perko
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Physicist Gary Horowitz receives 2023 Einstein Prize from the American Physical Society
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Diets rich in food from the ocean and freshwater sources can help address both nutritional and environmental challenges
A computer rendering of bacteria and a superbug
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Ryan Allen and Peter Allen, Second Bay Studios
A new antibiotic cured mice infected with bacteria deemed nearly “untreatable” in humans — and resistance to the drug was virtually undetectable.

New antibiotic cures superbugs without bacterial resistance
An aerial view of a forest
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Nathan Stephenson, USGS
Variation within a given species enables some individuals to survive harsher drought conditions than others.

UC Santa Barbara ecologist receives award for research on the interplay between plant physiology and ecosystem dynamics
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Two assistant professors in Department of Physics receive Sloan Research Fellowships
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New electrical method triggers and analyzes dynamics of brain protein that underlie many neurodegenerative diseases
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Due to their feed, chicken and farmed salmon have remarkably similar environmental footprints
Flag rockfish and three swordspine rockfish swim among a basket star and numerous brittle stars on the side of one of the asphalt volcanoes
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Love Et Al.
Flag rockfish and three swordspine rockfish swim among a basket star and numerous brittle stars on the side of one of the asphalt volcanoes.

Researchers document the animal communities of a rare habitat
Kerem Çamsari headshot next to a close-up of a Stochastic Processing Unit
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Kerem Çamsari is pursuing pioneering research into probabilistic computing

Kerem Çamsari receives an Early CAREER Award to develop probabilistic computing, which could be an important step on the way to quantum computers
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