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New NSF Funding for Next-Generation Cloud Federation Via A Geo-Distributed Database

Computer Science Professors Rich Wolski and Chandra Krintz have received new funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for "…

Research

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George Holbrook's Gift Safeguards Graduate Fellowships at IEE

George Holbrook, local resident, venture investor, and philanthropist, has pledged a $4 million bequest from his estate to fund…

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George Holbrook's Gift Safeguards Graduate Fellowships at IEE

George Holbrook, local resident, venture investor, and philanthropist, has pledged a $4 million bequest from his estate to fund…

In the News

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At the Pinnacle

Professor Shuji Nakamura has been awarded the 2017 Mountbatten Medal by the Great Britain-based Institution of Engineering and…

Awards and Accolades, In the News

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Semitransparent and Flexible: Solar Cells Made From Atomically Thin Sheet

A new method for fabricating semitransperant, flexible solar cells has greatly improved power conversion efficiency.

Research

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Astonishing Time Limit for Ultrafast Perovskite Solar Cells Set

Researchers have quantified the astonishingly high speeds at which future solar cells would have to operate in order to stretch what are…

Research

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Solar-to-Fuel System Recycles CO2 to Make Ethanol and Ethylene

Scientists have harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide into fuels and alcohols at efficiencies far greater than…

Research

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A Solid-State Fridge in Your Pocket

Electrocaloric effect turns exotic plastics into silent, energy efficient devices.

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First On-Chip Nanoscale Optical Quantum Memory Developed

Smallest-yet optical quantum memory device is a storage medium for optical quantum networks with the potential to be scaled up for…

Research

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Top Ten Again

U.S. News and World Report once again ranks UCSB number 8 among the country's top public universities. 

In the News

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Newly-discovered Semiconductor Dynamics May Help Improve Energy Efficiency

Researchers examining the flow of electricity through semiconductors have uncovered another reason these materials seem to lose their…

Research

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Low-Cost Method for Solar Thermal Conversion

Researchers at Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a simple, low-cost, and environmentally…

Research

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Bloom Energy and PowerSecure Land Country's Biggest Cell Development to Date

37 megawatts under PPAs at 12 Equinix data centers in California and New York, with Southern Company providing the financing. 

Industry and Business, Research