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An image of the ProFoldBio team after the New Venture Competition finals, standing on a deck next to the UC Santa Barbara lagoon

Jan 28, 2026
UCSB Startup Builds Software to Speed Drug Discovery

The platform enables a quicker path to viable treatments for Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

Poster for Agentic AI Summit at UCSB

Jan 22, 2026
Shaping the Next Frontier of AI: UCSB Hosts Inaugural Agentic AI Summit

Leading voices from industry and academia will address the future of agentic AI.

Jan 15, 2026
AI Powers New Research on Covert Attention

William Wang and colleagues find new neuron types tied to driving and other activities that involve shifting attention without shifting gaze. 

Source: The Current
Axel Palmstrom, a UC Santa Barbara graduate

Dec 11, 2025
UCSB Graduate Named One of the World’s Most Cited Researchers

Axel Palmstrom is among those recognized for important contributions in their fields of research.

An illustration of a highly precise chip-based magnetometer based on a special material that changes optical properties in response to a magnetic field

Dec 11, 2025
Chip-Scale Magnetometer Uses Light for High-Precision Magnetic Sensing

Based on a magneto-optic material, the precision magnetometer could enable light-weight and low-power sensing for space, navigation and medical applications

Photo of Shantal Adajian UCSB PhD candidate

Dec 02, 2025
Strain into Strength: A Doctoral Student’s Unique Journey

Shantal Adajian grew up amid war, scarcity, and uncertainty. Now she is pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering at UC Santa Barbara.

Concept illustration depicting (right) geometric frustration of magnetic moments such that long-range order cannot be achieved, while (left), the moments are in a state of long-range order, with each moment having a partner oriented in the opposite direction to its own. Illustration by Brian Long

Dec 02, 2025
The Positive Side to Frustration

Stephen Wilson discovers how a “stuck” state might work for quantum applications.

Head shot of Eric (Xin) Wang, an assistant professor of computer science at UC Santa Barbara

Nov 20, 2025
Eric Wang Receives Prestigious J.P. Morgan Chase Research Award

The award supports development of models to advance understanding of financial market behavior.

Two UCSB researchers wearing blue coats stand in a laboratory holding a circuit board

Nov 19, 2025
UCSB Researchers Receive Award to Study Sustainable Computer System Design

Graduate student Pranjali Jain’s research leads to $1.6 million grant to explore a greener future for computer hardware.

Nov 17, 2025
UCSB Joins NSF's National Quantum Virtual Laboratory

Electrical and computer engineering professor Daniel Blumenthal and his lab will accelerate the development of useful quantum technologies. 

Source: The Current
Head shots of materials professor Stephen Wilson and chemical engineering professor Phillip Christopher

Nov 12, 2025
Engineering Professors Named Among the World’s Most Influential Researchers

The annual list recognizes scientists who rank in the top one percent of citations in their fields.

Photograph of Kerem Çamsarı

Nov 05, 2025
Probabilistic Computers Keep Winning

A postdoctoral researcher in  Kerem Çamsari’s lab leads a large team on a bold new benchmarking exercise.

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