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California Utilities Seek $1B to Build Out Electric Vehicle Infrastructure

Three utilities have made plans for new charging stations and incentives to help meet the state's carbon reduction goals.

Industry and Business

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Innovation Acceleration

UCSB has recieved a $2.2 million in funding from Assembly Bill 2664, which will help foster growth in the Technology Management Program…

General

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Graphene's Sleeping Superconductivity Awakens

Researchers have found a way to cause graphene to carry an electrical current without resistance, which was previously only possible by…

Research

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First Solar Proves That PV Plants Can Rival Frequency Response Services From Natural Gas Peakers

A recent report shows First Solar, along with California's CAISO, demonstrated that utility-scale solar farms can smooth out grid…

Industry and Business

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Apply for DOE FLOW Rocket Fund Opportunities Now

FLOW provides funding opportunites for cleantech and energy technologies and startups. Applications open until March 1, 2017!

Graduate, Undergraduate

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New Blades and Generators for More Efficient Small Wind Turbines

Bringing down cost and improving performance is key to keeping small wind turbines competitive with solar.

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Researchers Achieve Major Breakthrough in Flexible Electronics

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have created a stable conducting polymer with extreme work functions.

Research

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UCSB Researchers Demonstrate Chip-Scale Optical Frequency Synthesis

UCSB researchers have demonstrated chip-scale optical frequency synthesis (OFS), "the first demonstration of a chip-scale OFS with…

Graduate, Research, Undergraduate

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UCSB Green Initiative Fund Grant Application Now Open

Have an idea to enhance sustainability at UCSB? If so, apply for a grant from the UCSB Green Initiative Fund (TGIF). The 2016-17…

General, Graduate, Undergraduate

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The Biggest Clean Energy Advances in 2016

MIT Technology Review gives its top five clean energy advancements of the year.

Industry and Business

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The Revolution Has Just Begun: Q&A with John Bowers

In this interview with Photonics Spectra, Institute director John Bowers discusses the state of photonics, and his groundbreaking work…

In the News

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The Human Stories Behind the 'Coal Wars'

Just a decade ago, coal was flying high.

Buoyed by high natural gas prices, with climate change but a distant concern to the…

In the News

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UCSB Professors Elected to National Academy of Inventors

Professors Larry Coldren and James Speck honored by NAI for their “highly prolific spirit of innovation”

Awards and Accolades

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Researchers Study Ultralow Wear Of GaN

A Lehigh University team has found that the wear resistance of GaN approaches that of diamond, promising future applications of GaN in…

Research

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A Promising New Solar Technology With A Troubling Old Toxicity Problem

While stunningly efficient and easily manufactured, Perovskite solar cells may pose a threat to consumers due to the presence of readily…

Industry and Business