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

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

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

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

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

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

UC Santa Barbara’s Institute for Energy Efficiency (…

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

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

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

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

COVID-19 can be transmitted when an infected…

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

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

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

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - Santa Barbara, CA:  Their award-winning research has been the foundation for numerous energy-saving…

An emerging generation of artificial intelligence could get one step closer to passing the Turing test — a means of determining whether…