Printing Protection

The university’s California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) has begun 3D-printing face shields to help health professionals fighting COVID-19.

Soft Robot, Unplugged

A new, human-scale soft robot can move untethered and navigate human environments.

Show Me the Methane

Hyperspectral imaging and artificial intelligence combine to augment detection of methane leaks.

Leveraging Noise (as the Human Brain Does) for Better Neural Networks

UCSB researchers create hardware that enables speedier solutions to optimization problems.

Next-Generation Filtering Membranes

A highly collaborative center, involving researchers at UCSB, UC Berkeley, and Univeresity of Texas at Austin, aims to develop transformative polymer materials for energy-water applications.

Take the Entrain

UCSB professors look closely at how to control the transfer of micro-particles when withdrawing objects from liquid baths.

Saving Moore's Law

Electrical and computer engineering researchers propose 3D integration with 2D materials.

UCSB's Center for Responsible Machine Learning Announces Distinguished Lecture Series

A leading scholar in machine learning will open the Center for Responsible Machine Learning's Distinguished Lecture Series on January 16.

International Excellence

For the fifth year in a row, UCSB ranked first in scientific impact in engineering and physical sciences among public universities.

Google, Working with UCSB Researchers, Claims Quantum Supremacy

UC Santa Barbara/Google researchers demonstrate the power of 53 entangled qubits.

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