A Scientific Soap Opera, Starring the Marangoni Effect Fluid dynamics drive the action in a script featuring red dye, milk, and a maze of tension-induced interactions. Read more about A Scientific Soap Opera, Starring the Marangoni Effect
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. Read more about How Do LEDs Benefit the World? Shuji Nakamura Explains.
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. Read more about Beyond 5G: UCSB Named Lead for Ambitious New DARPA Project
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. Read more about For Tresa Pollock, 3 Major Honors from Materials Society
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. Read more about Using "Softness" to Predict How Disordered Materials Fail
Carbon Nanomaterials Challenge Copper as Chip Interconnects Professor Kaustav Banerjee's lab pursues solutions to limitations of copper interconnects on chips. Read more about Carbon Nanomaterials Challenge Copper as Chip Interconnects
Illuminating Brain Activity A collaborative group seeks to use long-wavelength light in an optical approach to understanding brain activity. Read more about Illuminating Brain Activity
Resilient Cells UCSB biologists collaborate to explore how damaged cells on the verge of death recover. Read more about Resilient Cells
Turning Down the Noise In 2008, Professor Pradeep Sen began a journey that would forever change digital filmmaking. Read more about Turning Down the Noise
Modeling the Movements of Atoms Professor M. Scott Shell's algorithms make it possible to simulate highly complex systems. Read more about Modeling the Movements of Atoms