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De novo protein design involves sequencing amino acids to produce proteins with the desired structures and functions

Enzymes from scratch

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Artist Lisa Jevbratt explores history of invasive plants through textiles and data visualization
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Opera Gala combines song, dance, multimedia and a live orchestra
kacie ring with blue background young white woman
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Jeff Liang
A Ph.D. student in ecology, evolution and marine biology, Kacie Ring placed second in the UC Grad Slam.

UCSB’s Kacie Ring triumphs at UC Grad Slam, places second, wins people’s choice
A mantis shrimp emerges from its burrow to confront a rival.
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Roy Caldwell
These territorial crustaceans use their tails as shields to defend against the explosive punches of their rivals.

Rolling with the punches: How mantis shrimp defend against high-speed strikes
Black woman lying on ground partially submerged by light or water
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Hope Okere
A still from "movement:::Water / movement:::Support," choreographed by Hope Okere

UCSB’s MFA thesis show ‘Incandescent’ explores interconnectedness of humans and nature
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Scholars discuss Black reparations in California
Two workers in white coveralls and masks examine solar cells in a cleanroom.
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Gorodenkoff via iStock
Alternatives to silicon-based solar cells could allow solar panel production to move out of cleanrooms like this.

UCSB pioneers a low-energy process for high-performance solar cells
mother nursing baby

Researchers find that a new mother’s immune status varies with her feeding strategy
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Matt Perko
Jeffrey C. Stewart

Historian Jeffrey Stewart elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for his work in the visual arts
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Very Important Trees Tour imparts knowledge, inspires appreciation of campus plants
An illustrative image of small peptide helices.
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Matt Perko
This is a story about proteins, how they malfunction, and what cells do to prevent that.

Researchers reveal a new approach for treating degenerative diseases
Photograph of author Patricia Fancher with her new book, Queer Techné

New book explores gay, queer and feminist community at the heart of early advances in computer science
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