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Brain surgery by autonomous robot? It’s possible — and could save lives

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Left to right: Samuel Lobo, Devon Callan, Erica Keane Rivera, Ventura Rivera, Austin Dubose

UCSB startup builds software to speed drug discovery
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Matt Perko
Doctoral student Roark Chao researches microLEDs at UC Santa Barbara

Hair-width LEDs could replace lasers — and a UCSB doctoral student is helping make it happen
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Matt Perko
A researcher works in a campus lab devoted to AI.

UCSB computer science department to offer undergraduate major in AI
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Peptides have found use in over 80 drugs worldwide since insulin was first synthesized in the 1920s.

Scientists unlock a massive new ‘color palette’ for biomedical research by synthesizing non-natural amino acids
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UCSB scientists bottle the sun with liquid battery
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Matt Perko

UCSB among the world’s most influential research universities for science impact
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Matt Perko
A researcher in the lab of Stephen Wilson, whose group studies how magnetic interactions can produce unusual states of matter relevant to quantum research.

Using magnetic frustration to probe new quantum possibilities
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Designing better catalysts for cleaner, more efficient chemistry
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New haptic display technology creates 3D graphics you can see and feel
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New UCSB research shows p-computers can solve spin-glass problems faster than quantum systems
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UC Santa Barbara materials scientist Omar Saleh

From charged polymers to life-saving innovations
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Paul Leonardi

In ‘Digital Exhaustion,’ Paul Leonardi shares how to make technology work for you
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