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Elephant bones lay scattered around a bare patch on the African savanna with mountains in the background.
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Courtney Reed
An elephant transforms the spot where it dies, with a legacy that lasts long after the body is gone and the bones are scattered.

Elephants continue to shape the savanna even after death

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A UCSB student stands at a whiteboard and works on an equation while consulting her computer
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Matt Perko

UC Santa Barbara taking a ‘base camp’ approach to artificial intelligence
A tractor sprays fertilizer or pesticides on a green field.
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Synthetic fertilizer has increased the amount of nitrogen compounds in the biosphere, compounds that must be converted by microbes back into nitrogen gas.

A rare atomic fingerprint reveals how ecosystems clean nitrogen pollution
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Matt Perko
The scanning ultrafast electron microscope in the Bolin Liao lab

Mechanical engineer Bolin Liao to develop platform for imaging and controlling quantum interactions with 2D materials
A man in a navy blue sit sits on a table in a modern lecture hall
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Matt Perko
Distinguished Professor John Bowers

John Bowers honored by UC Regents for a lifetime of innovation
stylized photo of a researcher at a colorful optical table
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Matt Perko

UCSB researchers to collaborate in three of NSF's Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes
portrait of two scientists, one sitting, one standing
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Matt Perko
Danyi Zhang, left, and Tamas Vami

Physicists extend the search for quantum black holes at the LHC
a closeup of a centimeter-long crustacean on beach sand
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Megalorchestia corniculata, one of six major species of sand hoppers in California

Tiny beach-dwelling crustaceans are big-time sand movers, shaping the California coast
color photograph of professors Miguel Eckstein and Arpit Gupta
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UC Santa Barbara vision scientist Miguel Eckstein (left) and computer scientist Arpit Gupta will discuss AI as a research tool

UCSB researchers discuss AI role in computing and cognition
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UCSB Professor Haewon Jeong's PhD student Neel Sankaran (left) with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Min Sang Cho (right).

UCSB, Lawrence Livermore collaborate to accelerate fusion plasma simulations with AI
a hand cradles a lit lightbulb against a sunset sky
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Six UCSB junior faculty members selected for 2026 NSF CAREER awards
Iris Holzer
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Matt Perko
Iris Holzer's expertise in enhanced rock weathering and soil carbon storage makes her a shoe-in to help lead the IPCC methodology report.

UCSB professor to lead IPCC methodology report on carbon capture, storage and utilization
A researcher in protective gear works near a tall, cylindrical scientific instrument with visible wiring. The walls surrounding it are reflective Teflon.
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Matthew Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Facility
The LUX-ZEPLIN main detector in a surface lab before installation underground.

LZ sees surprising result in search for dark matter
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