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James Hartle at the Sante Fe Institute in 2011.
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Jim Hartle provided a grounding, yet inspiring presence to his friends and colleagues.

Physicists gather to remember the father of quantum cosmology

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Ray Adkins portrait
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Debra Herrick

New physics Ph.D. Ray Adkins is bound for Yale, prestigious award in hand, to apply his research to neuroscience
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Planetary defense project selected for NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program
blue lab coat with UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA in yellow stitching
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Matt Perko

A University of California multi-campus initiative strives to boost diversity within its STEM teaching faculty ranks
A sewing machine against a black background.
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Matt Perko
Simply seeing a machine might not convey what it does.

Filming Proteins in Motion: Physics researchers inch closer to an ambitious goal
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Clockwise from top left, the newest Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science are: Mark Bowick (Physics), Richard Mayer (Psych & Brain), Chris Palmstrøm (Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Materials), Julie Simpson (Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology) and Dar Roberts (Geography)

Five UC Santa Barbara professors have been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Experimental optical setup in physics lab

A Different Kind of Chaos

Life Imitates Mica

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Becoming a Quantum Mechanic

‘Out of the Starting Gate’

The Higgs Discovery at 10

Keeping the Energy in the Room
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