Picture Perfect

A new technique developed by UCSB and NVIDIA researchers enables photographers to adjust image compositions after capture.

A Better Sensor

A highly accurate, low-cost alternative to an expensive conductivity probe opens up teaching and learning opportunities.

Researchers develop a new type of soft, growing robot

Mechanical engineers develop a robot that can navigate its environment by extending its reach.

Diabetes Bubble

Karen Scida, postdoctoral researcher in Professor Sumita Pennathur's lab, wins Otis Williams Fellowship for developing a novel approach to insulin delivery.

The iPhone, Siri, and AI

UCSB computer scientist William Wang employs natural language processing to make human-computer communication as seamless as possible.

Pursuing the Power of Thermoelectric Plastics

Professor Michael Chabinyc and his lab team seek to control the characteristics of conductive polymers, which may be important to energy efficiency.

A Step Toward High-Temperature Superconductivity?

Materials professor Stephen Wilson’s lab elicits promising behavior in a new material.

ChemE Professor Honored for Scholarship and Teaching

Michelle O'Malley is one of 13 young professors in U.S. to receive a 2017 Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

X-ray Eyes in the Sky

Yasamin Mostofi's lab is first to deomonstrate using drones and WiFi to create 3D images by "seeing" through walls.

Materials Scientist Omar Saleh Receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

Saleh will receive €45,000 (about $50,700) to travel to Munich and carry out research in Munich.

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