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engineering building courtyard and former dean Robert Mehrabian
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The courtyard of the Engineering II building complex at UCSB and the former UCSB dean who spearheaded the building project

UCSB's College of Engineering named for former dean, Robert Mehrabian

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Hayden Vega wears a lobster on his head
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Matt Perko
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images of six galaxies taken with the James Webb Space Telescope
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M. Franco / C. Casey / COSMOS-Web collaboration
Six images of galaxies taken from nearly 800,000, from upper left to lower right: the present-day universe, and 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10 billion years ago
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Dead corn and cracked earth under an orange sky.
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piyaset via iStock
Warmer air can suck more moisture in dry regions and dump more rain in wet regions. New research reveals that the atmosphere’s drying capacity is outpacing increases to rainfall.
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woman with VR headset
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Yuehao Gao
A visitor experiences virtual reality at a Media Arts & Technology exhibition.
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cargo ships queueing at Los Angeles and Long Beach port during COVID pandemic
Cargo vessel congestion at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex during the COVID pandemic
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Daniel Naylor
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Courtesy
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women weaving and mending fishing nets
Geospatial information about how women use the ocean is an important part of marine spatial planning, but tends to be hidden in the data
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woman with dark hair in forest
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Lyn Photography
Physicist and computer science assistant professor Murphy Yuezhen Niu
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A giant sea bass cruises the deep reef.
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Merry Passage
Southern California’s population of giant sea bass is recovering from overfishing, but progress is slow.
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white woman sits at desk with tablet, on desk is robotic arm, coiled clay vessels and computer screen, crochet dress on mannequin at side
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Matt Perko
“You can think of this as the next step in personal computing,” said UCSB professor Jennifer Jacobs, whose research explores more intuitive, responsive digital fabrication systems.