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A four-image panel showing The Digital Pottery Wheel (DPW) is a ceramic throwing wheel that is augmented with a clay 3D printing mechanism and a modular control platform (upper left). Through this mechanism-and-control approach, the wheel supports standard manual ceramics throwing (upper right), autonomous 3D printing (lower left), and integration of manual manipulation and 3D printing in the same vessel (lower right).

Apr 23, 2025
An NSF Early CAREER Award for Digital Design and Fabrication

Jennifer Jacobs is using her award to add control and flexibility to the burgeoning field of 3D printing.

Image of assistant professor Murphy Niu

Apr 22, 2025
Murphy Niu Receives NSF CAREER Award

The computer science assistant professor and physicist is pursuing her vision for a new quantum-computing paradigm.

An image of professors Rich Wolski (far left) and Chandra Krintz (far right) with their PhD researcher and their four undergraduate student researchers in front of the Raspberry Pi cluster in their lab.

Apr 09, 2025
A (Very) Large Slice of Pi

The world’s biggest assembly of Raspberry Pi computers comes to UCSB.

Image of Katja Seltmann and Dan Oropeza

Mar 26, 2025
New MicroCT Machine Unites Biologists and Materials Scientists

The new microCT machine fits right into the longstanding UCSB tradition of multidisciplinary sharing of important instruments.

Source: UCSB Current
Professors Rich Wolski and Chandra Krintz (far left and far right) with their PhD student and four undergraduate student researchers in their lab.

Mar 24, 2025
A (Very) Large Slice of Pi

The world’s biggest assembly of Raspberry Pi computers comes to UCSB.

An image of Lisa Mansson, winner of Round 3 of the 2025 UCSB Grad Slam

Mar 18, 2025
Materials Student Wins a Place in the UCSB Grad Slam Finals

Lisa Månsson wins Round 3 of UCSB Grad Slam for her talk about glioblastoma research.

Dan Blumenthal in his lab.

Mar 04, 2025
Cold Atoms on a Chip

The Blumenthal lab continues to miniaturize powerful photonics technology for quantum use at the chip scale.

Source: UCSB Current
Concept illustration of nickel atoms placed on a silver catalyst for improved, safer, more environmentally friendly performance.

Feb 26, 2025
Nickel Atoms Improve a Silver Catalyst

PhD student Anika Jalil overcomes a major challenge by placing the right number of nickel atoms in exactly the right place.

Jeff Sakamoto; photograph by Lilli Walker

Feb 24, 2025
Lithium Shows its Metal

A new study finds that adding certain dopants could lead to safer, more energy-efficient batteries.

Disk-shaped robots can act collectively to accomplish tasks such as lifting and manipulating objects, or supporting weight

Feb 21, 2025
How to Get a Robot Collective to Act Like a Smart Material

UC Santa Barbara researchers and collaborators have developed a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by biology. 

A photograph of Majorana 1, the eight-qubit topological quantum processor unveiled at Microsoft Station Q's 2025 conference. Used with permission of Microsoft.

Feb 21, 2025
Topological Quantum Processor: a Breakthrough in Computing

A Microsoft team led by UCSB physicists unveils a first-of-its-kind topological qubit, paving the way for a more fault-tolerant quantum computer.

Source: UCSB Current
a concept illustration of the electro-optic response in AlScN, by Haochen Wang and ChuanNan Li

Feb 14, 2025
Toward High Electro-Optic Performance in III-V Semiconductors

Illuminating a path to superior electro-optic performance in aluminum scandium nitride alloys.

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