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Oil droplets suspended in water.
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Carther via iStock
Small, naturally occurring droplets could have accelerated the development of early life.

Electrifying biology in a bubble

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Matt Perko
A researcher in the lab of Stephen Wilson, whose group studies how magnetic interactions can produce unusual states of matter relevant to quantum research.

Using magnetic frustration to probe new quantum possibilities
A river meanders through green jungle on the edge of a large city.
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Thiago Japyassu via Unsplash
Yellow fever cases have begun to rise, spilling over the expanding border between the forest and urban areas.

Old diseases return as settlement pushes into the Amazon rainforest
A super cargo ship is tended to by cranes and trucks in a commercial terminal. Lights from the port brighten the dimming sky, with mountains and low clouds in the distance.
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Curtailing overconsumption may be the easiest target for reducing the societal and environmental impacts of climate change.

UCSB professor tapped to co-author the seventh IPCC assessment report on climate change mitigation
molecules in blue
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Anusorn Nakdee/iStock

Designing better catalysts for cleaner, more efficient chemistry
Sunlight streams down through the kelp forest canopy.
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UC Santa Barbara
Declines in water clarity are a pressing concern for coastal ecosystems.

Scientists create a system for tracking underwater blackouts
female student reads on bench outside
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Matt Perko

Even brief lapses in attention can weaken memory
kids look at machine with instructor
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Innovation Workshop Wizard Elina “Susy” Lopez Garza teaches students how to use a robotic sticker cutter.

UCSB program broadens STEM opportunity for underserved youth
A pregnant woman is silhouetted by diffuse, warm sunlight.
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The health of a woman and her future child may be at risk before she even knows she’s pregnant.

Hot, humid conditions during pregnancy undermine child health much more than heat alone
A pair of comets partially melt as they collide in an inset image, lower right, with the system’s young star and accretion disk in the background.
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Thomas Müller (MPIA/HdA)
Scientist imagine the scene when two comets collided in the Fomalhaut system, only 25 light years from Earth.

Astronomers discover huge dust clouds from violent collisions around nearby star
two older white people on couch with virtual reality headsets
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Rendever.com

NIH backs UCSB virtual reality project to help older adults build real social connections
A pair of divers use bongo nets to collect marine snow in dark, blue water.
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J. Morin/ NOAA
Much of the organic carbon sinking into the deep ocean is carried by tiny organic particles known as marine snow.

A stormy ocean voyage yields insights on the global carbon cycle
concept illustration of AI and brain

AI helps explain how covert attention works and uncovers new neuron types
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