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UCSB physicist John Martinis

UCSB physicist John Martinis.

Aug 07, 2020
After Achieving Quantum Supremacy, What's Next for John Martinis?

No longer with Google, the UCSB physicist considers his future after achieving a major computing milestone.

Source: The Quantum Daily
Artist's concept illustration depicts the transformation resulting from using bio-based micro-organisms as the building blocks for better polymers.

Artist's concept illustration depicts the transformation resulting from using bio-based micro-organisms as the building blocks for better polymers. Illustration by Lillian McKinney

Jul 29, 2020
A Major Grant for Bio-based Polymer Research

NSF awards UCSB, UCLA $23.7 million for collaboration to transform natural building blocks into new high-performance materials.

Attention Mechanism

The new model is driven by the attention mechanism, which learns to forecasts by determining what time period in the past to look at and what data is important and relevant. 

Jul 22, 2020
Localizing COVID-19 Forecasts with Artificial Intelligence

Computer scientists have created an algorithm that incorporates AI to provide accurate COVID-19 forecasts at a more localized level. 

A water droplet by a strand of DNA

Jul 20, 2020
Solving the Mystery of Bubbling DNA

Exposure to enzymes causes a peculiar response in liquid droplets formed by DNA. A new study explains the mechanisms behind it.

Artist's concept illustration depicting an LED "tree."

Jun 17, 2020
The Pathway to UV Lights that Can Destroy Viruses

UCSB materials scientists work on the semiconductors that could transform how we disinfect surfaces, spaces, PPE — even the air we breathe.

A vial is inspected at SiO2’s laboratory located in Auburn, Alabama. The work is part of efforts to ensure the safe and efficient distribution of a future COVID-19 vaccine. Photo courtesy of SiO2

Jun 11, 2020
UCSB's Role in Fighting COVID-19

Chemical engineering professor Glenn Fredrickson helped to develop a new coating to ensure safe distribution of a future COVID-19 vaccine.

Jun 03, 2020
The Architecture of Photo Extraction

New design allows photons to be emitted from an LED's semiconductor lattice in greater number and with more precision.  

Source: UCSB Current
Kunal Mukherjee (lower left) with PhD students (from top) Brian Haidet and Eamonn Hughes in the MBE lab.

Kunal Mukherjee (lower left) with PhD students (from top) Brian Haidet and Eamonn Hughes in the MBE lab.

Apr 17, 2020
New Math: III-V Plus IV-VI Equal an NSF Career Award

Kunal Mukherjee’s lab group seeks to combine semiconductors for strength and defect immunity.

Image of the coronavirus

Apr 17, 2020
LEDs Could Be Part of Arsenal to Fight Future Pandemics

Ultraviolet light may have a role to play in disinfecting surfaces.

Source: UCSB Current

One of the face shields the CSNI is prototyping. 

Mar 30, 2020
Printing Protection

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

Source: The Current
Elliot Hawkes, Photograph by Matt Perko

Elliot Hawkes, Photograph by Matt Perko

Mar 19, 2020
Soft Robot, Unplugged

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

Source: UCSB Current
Smokestacks release steam and smoke into the sky

Mar 10, 2020
Show Me the Methane

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

Source: UCSB Current

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