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

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

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

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

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

Just a decade ago, coal was flying high.

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

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

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

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

Lower levalized cost of energy (LCOE) has driven the move to taller, larger, more efficient turbines across the globe.

Engineer Glenn Fredrickson receives the William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature!

IEE faculty members Guillermo Bazan and Thuc-Quyen Nguyen develop a simple processing technique that could cut the cost of organic…

IEE faculty members Guillermo Bazan and Thuc-Quyen Nguyen develop a simple processing technique that could cut the cost of organic…

At-risk nuclear plants, those which are too expensive to upgrade or to keep running, are soon to be shuttered across America. PG&E…

While Silicon's wider band gap and greater abundance have made it the material of choice for chips, the high mobility of electrons in…