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New haptic display technology creates 3D graphics you can see and feel

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A young man places a small orange box of electronics near a bush on the seashore with
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Elena Zhukova
There’s a cacophony of acoustic signals below the range of human hearing, many quite intense, that you can pick up with the right “ears.”

Scientists tune in to the surf’s hidden signals
student researcher peering into microscope
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Matt Perko
A cancer researcher at UCSB investigates the potential for macrophages to selectively 'eat' solid tumor cells

Town hall highlights impact of federal budget cuts on research
photograph of hands bound by the cord of a video game controller
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Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues
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James B. Rawlings receives nation’s highest honor in control systems engineering
A placid lake with background mountains perfectly reflected on its surface.
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Matt Perko

Jim Salzman elected to prestigious environmental law society for bridging economics, nature and policy
scientists use robotics
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Juan Manuel Urueña Vargas

NSF renews $19.8M for UCSB and UCLA to lead U.S. innovation in AI-driven biomaterials
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UC Santa Barbara’s Arpit Gupta is one of the inaugural recipients of Google’s ML & Systems Junior Faculty Award

Google honors UCSB computer scientist for pioneering low-cost AI network models
Gary Horowitz in blue collared shirt on blue background.
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Jeff Liang
Gary Horowitz

Gary Horowitz awarded Dirac Medal for contributions to theoretical physics
photo of orbital lesions in a child's skull
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Dead Men Tell Tales, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license
Orbital lesions (cribra orbitalia) in a young child from the medieval site of Helgeandsholmen, Stockholm, Sweden

Cranial lesions are signs of compromised immune function
A turbid river flows down from the mountains through a mixed woodland. Gravel, cobbles, and boulders line the river channel. Clouds obscure the very peaks of the mountains above the trees.
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Rivers wash mountains to the sea. How quickly they do this has major implications for natural hazards and fundamental Earth science.

Years after an earthquake, rivers still carry the mountains downstream
Five sliced bagels are linked in a chain on a yellow background.
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Matt Perko
Linking single sugars into short-chain carbohydrates, called oligosaccharides, has proven surprisingly difficult.

New method to synthesize carbohydrates could pave the way to biomedical advances
a group photo of the Gaucho Racing team
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Members of Gaucho Racing pose with their electric F1 vehicle at Michigan International Speedway

On the road to success: Gaucho Racing competes at the Michigan International Speedway
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