How Do LEDs Benefit the World? Shuji Nakamura Explains.

Shuji Nakamura won the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics for inventing the blue LED. Here, he writes about the global impact of the energy-efficient lights.

Beyond 5G: UCSB Named Lead for Ambitious New DARPA Project

Electrical and computer engineering professor Mark Rodwel to lead $27.5 million center for converged terahertz communications and sensing at UCSB.

For Tresa Pollock, 3 Major Honors from Materials Society

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society recognizes the UCSB materials professor and recent department chair for career-long leadership and contributions.

Using "Softness" to Predict How Disordered Materials Fail

Ordered, crystalline materials fail predictably. A collaborative group has identified a mechanism for predicting failure in disordered materials, too.

Carbon Nanomaterials Challenge Copper as Chip Interconnects

Professor Kaustav Banerjee's lab pursues solutions to limitations of copper interconnects on chips.

Illuminating Brain Activity

A collaborative group seeks to use long-wavelength light in an optical approach to understanding brain activity.

Resilient Cells

UCSB biologists collaborate to explore how damaged cells on the verge of death recover.

Turning Down the Noise

In 2008, Professor Pradeep Sen began a journey that would forever change digital filmmaking.

Modeling the Movements of Atoms

Professor M. Scott Shell's algorithms make it possible to simulate highly complex systems.

Hidden Properties of Solids

Physicists open the door to the first direct measurement of Berry curvature in solid matter

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