Engineers to study sediment fluid mechanics in International Space Station lab

Professors Meiburg and Luzzatto-Fegiz awareded NSF grant to design sediment fluid mechanics study to be conducted in zero gravity

The state and potential of two-dimensional van der Waals materials

Physics Today article co-written by Professor Kaustav Banerjee dives into the physics, technology, and device applications of 2D materials such as graphene

Boldly going into microfluidics where no one had gone before

Mechanical Engineering Professor Carl Meinhart reflects on how growing up on a farm inspired him to pursue mechanical engineering and groundbreaking microfluidics research.

Rare iodine polymer discovery is key to starch-iodine mystery

Materials researchers at UCSB have observed a rare single-element infinite iodide polymer chain

Haptics engineers first to map touch sensation using custom hand sensors

Professor Yon Visell's haptics research group maps the hand's touch sensation by mapping vibration on the skin at a fast resolution

Why Pokémon Go is a low cybersecurity risk, for now

Pokémon Go presents little risk of information leaks, according to Professor Ben Zhao, but a social component could make it vulnerable to hackers

Professor Stefano Tessaro receives NSF early career award for security encryption technology

CS Professor Stefano Tessaro has received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award to develop more secure encryption algorithms

Professor Galen Stucky receives innovation award for medical technology

Professor Galen Stucky will receive the “Spirit of Innovation” award for life-saving anticoagulation medical technology

Nanotech device mimics dog's nose to detect explosives

Researchers at UCSB have designed a detector that uses microfluidic nanotechnology to mimic the biological mechanism behind canine scent receptors.

Schuller lab researchers propose new programmable infrared optics

MaterialsViews spotlights research in the Schuller Lab which proposes a new route for electrically reconfigurable metasurfaces, an important step towards on-chip programmable optics.

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