Understanding and controlling single-electron spins is viewed as the future of information and communication technologies. UCSB’s spintronics center is figuring out how to work with this phenomenon at room temperature, making such devices practical for the real world.

UCSB's Dean of Science talks with us about what brought him (back) to Santa Barbara and what he sees in the future for the sciences here.

Linking local nanotechnology companies and researchers into a chain that stretches across the country

Making photovoltaics at least as cheap as the grid.

A look at our energy future.

It may be the fuel of the future, but it's a challenge to store and costly to generate.

Has the semiconductor revolution run its course? Not quite.