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For Pioneering Discoveries

Once in a great while a technology becomes so ubiquitous that it transforms modern life. Such has been the case for LED lighting —…

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Hydrogen identified as a culprit in capacity loss of batteries

Batteries power our lives: we rely on them to keep our cell phones and laptops buzzing and our hybrid and electric cars on the road. But…

Research

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Newsletter: January 2020

IEE has released it's quarterly newsletter featuring news, research and announcements from October 2019 through January 2020. View the…

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Saving Moore's Law

It’s a well-known observation: The number of transistors on a microchip will double roughly every two years. And, thanks to advances in…

Research

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Imagination Plus Expertise

Two faculty members in UC Santa Barbara’s College of Engineering have been elected as fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI…

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Shuji Nakamura

Massive Impact

Not too long ago, if you left the lights on by accident overnight or while you were on a trip, you would pay for that mistake with big…

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Citing Excellence

Seventeen UC Santa Barbara researchers have been named among the most influential scientists in the world, according to the 2019…

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Citing Excellence

Seventeen UC Santa Barbara researchers have been named among the most influential scientists in the world, according to the 2019…

Awards and Accolades

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Citing Excellence

Seventeen UC Santa Barbara researchers have been named among the most influential scientists in the world, according to the 2019…

Awards and Accolades

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Citing Excellence

Seventeen UC Santa Barbara researchers have been named among the most influential scientists in the world, according to the 2019…

Awards and Accolades

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Citing Excellence

Seventeen UC Santa Barbara researchers have been named among the most influential scientists in the world, according to the 2019…

Awards and Accolades

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Major Battery Storage Facility Planned in Goleta

A major battery storage facility is planned to set up on the far side of the parking lot outside M.Special and Habitat for Humanity's…

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Tomorrow’s Data Centers

The deluge of data we transmit across the globe via the internet-enabled devices and services that come online every day has required us…

Research

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5 Global Trends Shaping Our Climate Future

"Wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles spread far more quickly last year than many predictions, but not fast enough to get…

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NSF Invests in Cyberinfrastructure Institute to Harness Cosmic Data

The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) partnering with UCSB and eight …

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Megan Valentine, Harry Nelson, Michael Chabinyc, Zvonimir Dogic and Omar Saleh

Leaders in their Fields

One professor specializes in understanding the microscopic forces present in living systems, while another searches for evidence of the…

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