LEDs no wider than a human hair could soon take on work traditionally handled by lasers, from moving data inside server racks to powering next-generation displays. New research co-authored by UC Santa ...

With new NSF award, computer science associate professor Prabhanjan Ananth will study the foundations of quantum computing as a cryptographic tool Whether you use a smartphone or a computer, pay for ...

In George Orwell’s novella “Animal Farm,” a band of neglected animals stage a coup against their cruel human owner, Mr. Jones. Buoyed by a shared dream of equality, dignity and peace, they develop ...

In response to student and industry demand, as well as to announcements at both federal and state levels suggesting the United States needs to move ever more forcefully into the AI space, UC Santa ...

Humans have endeavored to predict the weather since time immemorial. Far from a mere perk, our ability to accurately forecast has been tied to our very survival. And as meteorology developed into an ...

Ozempic has been making headlines for its remarkable success in treating obesity and diabetes. Yet it is just one in a rapidly growing class of drugs called peptide therapeutics that sits between ...

A team of UC Santa Barbara engineering and molecular biology graduate students has developed software to accelerate the discovery process for therapies aimed at treating Alzheimer’s and other diseases ...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have identified the mechanism by which pathogenic Bordetella bacteria promote the colonization of mammalian airways. This mechanism, if interrupted, could lead to novel ...

What is a river worth? Not only its water, or the agriculture it supports. Not only the hydropower, or the ecosystems along its path. The river, in its entirety. UC Santa Barbara professor Rafael ...

Immigration is one of the defining issues of our time. But what are the immediate human and civic consequences of recent immigration enforcement policies in the United States? Pulitzer Prize winner ...

The creative expression and critical contribution of California-born artist and educator Rupert García spans decades, his paintings, posters and reassessments of U.S. history running like signposts ...

At the highest levels of academic research, the task of finding, cleaning and sorting massive amounts of data often becomes Herculean. To help shoulder the load, more and more scholars are turning to ...