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A twisted juniper tree grows out of a rocky cliff overlooking a calm sea at sunset.

Earth scientist Morgan Raven leads international assessment of marine carbon storage

2026-08-03

An international coalition led by UC Santa Barbara biogeochemist Morgan Raven is evaluating whether plant biomass could be stored safely in deep, oxygen-free marine basins.

Lab assistant Marissa Beyer, wearing safety glasses, a blue lab coat, and purple gloves, loads a robotic liquid handler.

Chemist Javier Read de Alaniz co-leads $20 million national cloud laboratory

2026-08-03

UC Santa Barbara will lead a new NSF-supported programmable cloud laboratory that will allow researchers to design and run automated polymer and soft-materials experiments from anywhere.

Wenfei Xu sits outdoors on a bench against a grey concrete wall for a portrait.

Geographer Wenfei Xu documents racial exclusion in federal mortgage programs

2026-08-03

A study co-authored by UC Santa Barbara geographer Wenfei Xu shows that federal mortgage programs disproportionately excluded Black households from 1935 to 1947, contributing to racial wealth inequality that persists today.

Portrait of Corina Guerra standing in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Glass Shop.

Corina Guerra keeps scientific glasswork moving

2026-07-20

UC Santa Barbara scientific glassblower Corina Guerra combines art and technical expertise to repair and fabricate specialized glassware for research and teaching.

Artist's rendering of a quasar, featuring a bright, glowing supermassive black hole emitting a powerful white beam of energy, surrounded by swirling rings of pink and blue cosmic dust.

Physics professor Joseph Hennawi helps discover earliest quasars yet observed

2026-07-06

Physics professor Joseph Hennawi helped discover 31 ancient quasars, including two record-setting objects that reveal how supermassive black holes formed early in cosmic history.

Portrait of Thuc-Quyen Nguyen sitting at a desk. She wears a green tweed jacket against a red wall displaying three traditional scroll paintings.

In pursuit of captured sunlight

2026-07-01

UC Santa Barbara chemist Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, the university’s next Faculty Research Lecturer, traces a path from rural Vietnam to international leadership in organic electronics, solar-cell research and mentorship.

A 3D scientific illustration of complex protein structures, featuring intertwined purple and red molecular chains and floating particles.

Chemistry and biochemistry professor Joan-Emma Shea collaborates on AI tools to study protein assembly

2026-06-30

Chemistry and biochemistry professor Joan-Emma Shea collaborated on AI models that predict protein assemblies associated with neurodegenerative disease.

Paul Atzberger smiling and holding a gray, 3D-printed geometric object with multiple rounded protrusions.

Paul Atzberger’s geometric neural operators help AI analyze shape and structure

2026-06-25

UC Santa Barbara professor Paul Atzberger and graduate student Blaine Quackenbush are developing open-source geometric neural operators that help AI understand shapes, surfaces and structure.

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Earth scientist Morgan Raven leads international assessment of marine carbon storage

Chemist Javier Read de Alaniz co-leads $20 million national cloud laboratory

Geographer Wenfei Xu documents racial exclusion in federal mortgage programs

Corina Guerra keeps scientific glasswork moving

Physics professor Joseph Hennawi helps discover earliest quasars yet observed

In pursuit of captured sunlight

Chemistry and biochemistry professor Joan-Emma Shea collaborates on AI tools to study protein assembly

Paul Atzberger’s geometric neural operators help AI analyze shape and structure

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