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Photo illustration by Matt Perko with abstract visuals by Iason Paterakis and Nefeli Manoudaki; Original photo by SCARECROW artworks, Unsplash
AI-generated visuals designed by UCSB researchers help ease the psychological toll of isolation for scientists living and working in Antarctica.

New frontiers for well-being in Antarctica and isolated spaces

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Joan Dudney with hiking gear in the mountains.
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Joan Dudney studies the impacts of global change on forests to develop science-based management strategies.

Ecologist Joan Dudney studies forest change in a warming world
raspberry pis
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Photo illustration by Matt Perko

World’s biggest Raspberry Pi cluster is now at UCSB
The open back of a smartphone shows lithium-ion batteries inside
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Tyler Lastovich / Unsplash
Lithium-ion batteries power everything from cell phones to laptops

Lithium shows its metal, paving the way for better batteries
data servers center with blue neon lights
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To power AI, data centers need more and more energy
A fruit fly larva with imagined electric field lines in the background.
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Sakkmesterke vi Adobe Stock
Fruit fly larvae will reorient themselves toward the negative pole of an electric field.

Scientists discover that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields
A rat sits on a bag of grain.
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H. Zell via Wikimedia
The non-native black rat was the only small mammal infected with Hantavirus in an immensely biodiverse region of Madagascar. Animals trapped in agricultural fields carried the disease more often than those trapped in homes or in the rainforest.

Hantavirus in Madagascar linked to black rats in agricultural areas
Pollution clouds a city skyline
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iStock / fazon1

Transparency in government is good for global health
The chemical element nickel denoted the number 28 from the periodic table
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iStock / Olena Yefremkina

Adding nickel atoms to improve a silver catalyst
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New microCT machine unites biologists and materials scientists
machine learning brain symbol on circuit board, 3D rendering
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iStock / Karneg

Inspired by early biomimetic approaches, Kerem Çamsarı’s work evokes features of neural connectivity
artist rendering of #D semiconductor architectures using 2D materials
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Brian Long/UCSB

Next-gen 3D transistors transform energy-efficient electronics
A Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezii, with a wire leader hanging from her mouth off New Providence, Bahamas.
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Shane Gross
Sharks are often observed with hooks, scars or other evidence of encounters with fisherman. This Caribbean reef shark was spotted in the Bahamas with a wire leader hanging from her mouth. It has been illegal to catch sharks in the Bahamas since 2011.

Sharks are dying at alarming rates, mostly due to fishing. Retention bans may help
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