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NIH backs UCSB virtual reality project to help older adults build real social connections

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Matt Perko, with material from © Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Clément Morin

UCSB physicists accept Nobel Prizes in Sweden
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The MicroBooNE neutrino detector before its installation at Fermilab

MicroBooNE experiment finds no sign of light sterile neutrinos
A male impala with snare around his neck.
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Snaring is an important hunting method. But it’s impact on African wildlife has become unsustainable.

Researchers map Africa’s snaring crisis, calling for sustainable solutions
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New haptic display technology creates 3D graphics you can see and feel
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Microbes are responsible for much of carbon sequestration in the ocean

The mystery of the missing deep ocean carbon fixers
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New UCSB research shows p-computers can solve spin-glass problems faster than quantum systems
Phoito-illustration of Boris Shraiman in front of a blackboard.
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Matt Perko
Boris Shraiman

Boris Shraiman points a physicist’s eye on biological quandaries
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Life Science Databases, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.1 Japan
The corpus callosum, in red, connects the two hemispheres of the brain together.

New findings in split-brain science: Even minimal fiber connections can unify consciousness
1880-1893 medical watercolor image of polycystic kidney
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Teniswood, George Francis, "Polycystic kidney," Barts Health NHS Trust Archives, c1880-1893 CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Watercolor drawing showing two views of a polycystic kidney. One shows the external surface of the kidney, the other when the organ is bisected. Drawing given to the Museum by Dr. Draper Mackinder, MD, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

A ‘magic bullet’ for polycystic kidney disease in the making
Aerial view of Lake Tefé during a severe drought, when its waters are low.
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Miguel Monteiro
Severe drought and heat in the central amazon turned Lake Tefé into a shallow spa, killing fish and endangered river dolphins.

Hotter than your average spa: Rising temps in Amazon lakes sound alarm over climate change
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UCSB joins NSF's National Quantum Virtual Laboratory
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UC Santa Barbara materials scientist Omar Saleh

From charged polymers to life-saving innovations
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