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The internal structure of a jet engine

Materials scientist Daniel Oropeza receives prestigious award to advance high-temperature 3D ceramics

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fishers just off a Pacific island shore
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Jacob Eurich
Fishers coming home on a paddle canoe after fishing on the fore reefs of Abaiang, Kiribati

Researchers build and test a framework for achieving climate resilience across diverse fisheries
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Matt Perko
Kenneth S. Kosik

A peek inside the quickening race to understand, treat — and even cure — Alzheimer’s disease
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The Materials Research Laboratory receives a six-year, $18 million grant from NSF

Wifi can read through walls
concept of laser-based quantum optical system

Experimental physicist David Weld to investigate the role of feedback and measurement in quantum systems
Emily Jacobs seated, looking upward, seated in front of a backdrop of brain imagery
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Matt Perko
Emily Jacobs’ lab primarily examines how hormones affect the brain

The current landscape of women’s health — and how it might be improved
a student presents research findings
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Andrew Masuda
UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering major Jessy Gonzalez explains his summer research project during a poster session sponsored by the Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (CSEP).

Immersive research experiences translate into an inspiring summer for undergraduate students
concept of a quantum magnetometer
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Brian Long
A quantum magnetometer on a chip

UC Santa Barbara quantum scientists to conduct NSF-funded research to pursue quantum-scale sensor technologies
Photo illustration of a floating human brain
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Matt Perko

When the brain leaves the body, does identity move with it? Depends on who you ask.
Palms blow in a storm.
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The El Niño Southern Oscillation influences weather patterns across the world.

El Niño and La Niña multi-year events could become more common
Bolivian tribe receiving health education regarding COVID-19
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Michael Gurven
A health educator conveys information about COVID-19 transmission to members of Bolivia's Tsimané population

Remoteness did little to reduce COVID-19 spread to Amazonian Tsimané
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Professor Kyle Meng will serve as a senior economist in Washington
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