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Bright colors and different shapes meant to illustrate a photonic array
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Brian Long
Artist's concept illustration of a photonic memory array

A new optical memory platform for super fast calculations

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Matt Perko
The small, wearable device is part of a system that monitors drug concentrations and delivers accurate dosages

New drug delivery technology promises more accurate dosing
concept illustration of turning heat into electricity

Investigating the extraordinary thermoelectric properties of cadmium arsenide thin films
concept illustration of brain-inspired computing hardware

Researchers propose the next platform for brain-inspired computing
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Haewon Jeong

Dirty data: an opportunity for cleaning up bias in AI
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Satish Kumar

With the clock winding down on his doctoral degree, Satish Kumar scores a prestigious research fellowship
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NVC Finals judge Jason Rollman (left, in blue shirt) congratulates EyeClimate, the 2024 New Venture Competition Finals champions (from second to left) Bowen Zhang, PhD student; Max Gordon, undergraduate student; and Satish Kumar, PhD student

An entrepreneurial eye for solving climate change
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College of Creative Studies biology student Ashley Yeh '24

Creative Studies student earns coveted Knight-Hennessy Scholarship for neuroscience
Two workers in white coveralls and masks examine solar cells in a cleanroom.
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Alternatives to silicon-based solar cells could allow solar panel production to move out of cleanrooms like this.

UCSB pioneers a low-energy process for high-performance solar cells
Researcher's new book and portrait

How to build and protect skills in our modern workplace, a world filled with AI and robots
Composite headshots of M. Scott Shell and Beth Pruitt
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M. Scott Shell, left, and Beth Pruitt, right

A prestigious career honor for two elite engineers
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Computer scientist William Wang receives prestigious early career technical achievement award
2024 Goldwater scholars
Clockwise, from left: Matthew Unger, Riya Nilkrant, Xuanwei Liang, Isaac Hair, Anika Jena

Five UC Santa Barbara undergraduates named Goldwater Scholars
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