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A Second Look at Sunlight

A year ago scientists everywhere were scrambling to get their minds around the SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that caused the pandemic…

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A Matter of Privacy

While conducting the 2020 census, the U.S. Census Bureau took a new approach to ensure that data collected from individuals and…

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Mark Abel joins Computer Science as Distinguished CS Affiliate

Mark Abel has recently been recognized as the inaugural Distinguished Computer Science Affiliate. This is an honorary title that was…

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Solving the Unsolvable

For his pioneering development of a mathematical theory that has enabled solutions for previously intractable problems, UC Santa…

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Innovation Honored

Steven DenBaars and Shuji Nakamura, UC Santa Barbara professors of materials and of electrical and computer engineering, have been…

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Innovation Honored

Steven DenBaars and Shuji Nakamura, UC Santa Barbara professors of materials and of electrical and computer engineering, have been…

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Solving the Unsolvable

For his pioneering development of a mathematical theory that has enabled solutions for previously intractable problems, UC Santa…

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A Richness of Consequences

It’s the late 1980s and Shuji Nakamura is on to something. Working in a corporate lab, the Japanese engineer is convinced that if…

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"Combing" Lasers for Better Technology

While computer technology continues to progress rapidly, the growing power demands of data centers have created a bottleneck by pushing…

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Quantum Optimization

The key to the incredible speed of a quantum computer lies in its ability to fabricate and manipulate quantum bits, or qubits, typically…

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Lower Emissions, More Heat: Climate Change Update

US carbon pollution dropped by 10.3% in 2020 to the lowest level in three decades, according to an estimate from Rhodium Group…

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Recognizing Innovation

COVID-19 can be transmitted when an infected…

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Royal Recognition

Joining such notables as Nelson Mandela, Marie Curie and Adam Smith, industrial ecologist Sangwon Suh has become an invited…

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Power, Water and Climate

As the planet continues to warm, the twin challenges of diminishing water supply and growing energy demand will intensify. But water and…

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Henley Hall Laboratory Update - Dec 2020

With the Institute for Energy Efficiency’s state-of-the-art Henley Hall now up and…

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