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UC Santa Barbara's Top News [UC Santa Barbara's Top News] [UC Santa Barbara]( August 4, 2021 Top News [A Forest with No Canopy]( Researchers investigate the productivity of kelp forests, sans the iconic kelp. [Read more about the kelp forest understory ▶]( [Michael Furlong and Francisco Lomelí]( [Scholars of Distinction]( Michael Furlong and Francisco Lomelí receive Dickson Emeriti Professorships. [Read more about the awards ▶]( [Mark Hirsch]( [Beautiful Data]( Media arts and technology doctoral scholar Mark Hirsch is Fermilab’s 2021-2022 artist-in-residence. [Read more about data visualization ▶]( [More News]( UC Santa Barbara In The News [Wired]( [Fractons, the Weirdest Matter, Could Yield Quantum Clues]( Theorists are in a frenzy over these bizarre, but potentially useful, hypothetical particles that can only move in combination with one another. [Read More ▶]( [Reuters]( [Special Report — The Recycling Myth: Big Oil’s solution for plastic waste littered with failure]( In early 2018, residents of Boise, Idaho were told by city officials that a breakthrough technology could transform their hard-to-recycle plastic waste into low-polluting fuel. The program, backed by Dow Inc, one of the world’s biggest plastics producers, was hailed locally as a greener alternative to burying it in the county landfill. [Read More ▶]( [Fast Company]( [Are bigger wildfires the new normal? This simulation suggests a decline after 10 years]( Fires will be formidable for a decade or so then gradually decline, according to a model built by researchers at UW and UC Santa Barbara. [Read More ▶]( [Arts]( | [Science + Technology]( | [Society + Culture]( | [Campus + Community]( | [Athletics]( | [Calendar]( [UC Santa Barbara]( Connect with Us: [FB icon]( [Twitter icon]( [Vimeo icon]( [LinkedIn icon]( [YouTube icon]( [RSS icon]( Copyright © 2021 The Regents of the University of California. All Rights Reserved. Share this email: [Email]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [LinkedIn]( Choose the emails you would like to receive by[managing your preferences.]( If you do not wish to receive any emails from UC Santa Barbara Institutional Advancement (this includes event invitations, newsletters, networking opportunities and stories of philanthropy), you can [opt out of them ALL]( using TrueRemove® View this email [online](. [UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | 93106 US](#) [This email was sent to {EMAIL}. To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book.]({EMAIL})