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UC Santa Barbara's Top News [UC Santa Barbara's Top News] September 13, 2023 ▤ Top News [Kate McDonald]( [From rickshaw to railroad, a scholar navigates Japan’s history of transportation]( In her forthcoming book, and with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Kate McDonald illuminates the key role of people in the evolution of transport. [Read more about the project]( [The word 'BELIEVE' interpreted by the Mostofi Lab's equipment, next to a blue light wifi symbol]( [Wifi can read through walls]( A new method developed by Yasamin Mostofi’s lab enables high-quality imaging of still objects with WiFi and, for the first time, imaging, or reading, the English alphabet through walls — also with WiFi. [Read more about the work]( [Optical lattice]( [Experimental physicist David Weld to investigate the role of feedback and measurement in quantum systems]( With a $1.25 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Weld will tackle the unsolved puzzle — famously illustrated by Erwin Schrödinger’s thought experiment — that dwells in the coupling of quantum and classical systems. [Read more about the ‘measurement problem’]( [More News]( Explore [Arts]( [Science & Technology]( [Society & Culture]( [Campus & Community]( [Events]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Vimeo]( [LinkedIn]( [RSS Feeds]( 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](. Got this as a forward [Sign up]( to receive our future emails. 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.