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Liz Carlisle identifies perennial farming as vital key to climate resilience

2026-03-09

Environmental Studies professor Liz Carlisle showcases how Indigenous knowledge and perennial crops offer ecological and social solutions to food insecurity.

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Chris Funk leads initiative to deploy 3D-printed weather stations in Africa

2026-03-05

Climate Hazards Center director Chris Funk is rebuilding meteorological networks to strengthen agricultural resilience and predict food security crises.

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Frank Davenport and colleagues map heightened climate risks for patients living with HIV

2026-03-03

Geographers linked four decades of climate hazard data to a multi-national cohort of 2.2 million people to protect treatments from flood and drought disruptions.

A split-screen image showing a thermal camera view on the left and a standard video view on the right. In both panels, a small vial of water is vigorously boiling and bubbling, heated solely by the activation of the solar thermal liquid.

Bottling the sun: UCSB chemists create ‘rechargeable battery’ for sunlight capable of boiling water

2026-02-12

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have engineered a liquid material that stores solar energy and releases it as heat hot enough to boil water. Published in Science, the study details a bio-inspired molecule with an energy density double that of lithium-ion batteries, offering a new path for renewable heating and energy storage.

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Campus leads nation in physical science research influence

2026-02-09

Bibliometric data from the Netherlands reveals the campus holds a premier position worldwide for citation frequency across technical and physical disciplines.

Assistant Professor Yang Hai, Emeritus Professor Stanley Parsons, and Assistant Professor Lior Sepunaru standing together on a walkway at the UC Santa Barbara campus.

More than an award: How a legacy gift became a lifeline for scientific discovery

2026-01-26

A legacy gift from Emeritus Professor Stanley Parsons became a critical lifeline for UCSB chemistry researchers, bridging funding gaps and fueling high-risk discoveries in antibiotic development and the origins of life.

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Designing better catalysts for cleaner, more efficient chemistry

2026-01-14

Susannah Scott, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry & Biochemistry, leads a National Science Foundation study on "mobile ions" in solid catalysts. Using high-energy X-rays, her team aims to improve the lifespan and energy efficiency of materials critical to industrial chemical manufacturing.

Even brief lapses in attention can weaken memory

2026-01-12

Cognitive neuroscience research from UC Santa Barbara reveals that “mind-wandering” directly degrades visual memory retention. The study utilizes experience sampling to show that when focus drifts from the task at hand, the brain fails to encode details effectively, resulting in measurable memory gaps.

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Liz Carlisle identifies perennial farming as vital key to climate resilience

Chris Funk leads initiative to deploy 3D-printed weather stations in Africa

Frank Davenport and colleagues map heightened climate risks for patients living with HIV

Bottling the sun: UCSB chemists create ‘rechargeable battery’ for sunlight capable of boiling water

Campus leads nation in physical science research influence

More than an award: How a legacy gift became a lifeline for scientific discovery

Designing better catalysts for cleaner, more efficient chemistry

Even brief lapses in attention can weaken memory

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