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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…

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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. 

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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…

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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…

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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

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Next Generation Transport

Thanks to MURI grants, UCSB mechanical engineers are working on refining and improving machines that move through air and water.

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53 Attosecond Light Pulse Sets a Record

The demonstration of a 53-attosecond X-ray flash is the fastest light pulse recorded to date, and beats the research team's own record…

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Nanocrystalline LEDs: Red, Green, Yellow, Blue...

The color of the light emitted by an LED can be tuned by altering the size of their semiconductor crystals. Researchers have now found a…

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New Method Promises Easier Nanoscale Manufacturing

A new method to precisely pattern nanomaterials could open a new path to manufacturing next-generation electronic devices like LEDs,…

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Exceptionally Fine-Tuned

The 2017 Shanghai Ranking places UCSB at No. 3 in the world in the Engineering field for automation and control.

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Tesla Joins Effort to Pair Batteries with Offshore Wind

Tesla and wind farm developer Deepwater Wind are planning to team up to create the largest project in the world that combines an…

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Atomic Movies Offer Insights into More Efficient Perovskites

Researchers at the U.S.. Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have leveraged a long-used microscopy tool to…

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A Plastic Planet

Industrial Ecologist Roland Geyer measures the production, use and the fate…

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Net Zero Energy Hospital Completed

The Turner Construction team managing construction of a replacement hospital and clinic at Fort Irwin in San Bernardino, California,…

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5 Strategies to Design Effective Utility DER Pilots

A new RMI report uses insights from utility pilots and demonstration projects to form a roadmap for the energy transition.

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Growth of Small Solar PV Continuing

Analysis of EIA data for the first four months of 2017 and for year-end 2016 show continuing strong growth in installations of small-…

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