CNSI News

UCSB Physicists Move One Step Closer to Quantum Computing

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:07:55 +0000

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in electrically controlling quantum states of electrons, a step that could help in the development of quantum computing. The work is published online today on the Science Express Web site.

UCSB Press Release

UC Santa Barbara Scientists Make Major Advance in Organic Polymer Production for Solar Cells

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:50:21 +0000

Professor Guillermo Bazan and a team of postgraduate researchers at UC Santa Barbara’s Center for Polymers and Organic Solids (CPOS) today announced a major advance in the synthesis of organic polymers for plastic solar cells.

UC Santa Barbara Engineering

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara Make Discovery in Quantum Mechanics

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:27:29 +0000

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in quantum mechanics using a superconducting electrical circuit. The finding is reported in this week’s issue of the journal Nature.

UCSB Press Release

A 360-Degree Virtual Reality Chamber Brings Researchers Face to Face with Their Data

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:59:34 +0000

Scientists can climb inside the University of California, Santa Barbara’s three-story-high AlloSphere for a life-size interaction with their research.

Scientific American

UCSB Offers ‘School for Scientific Thought’ for High School Students

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:54:17 +0000

A total of 100 high school students have enrolled in UC Santa Barbara’s new "School for Scientific Thought" to learn about "Mutants, Spirals, and Riots," "Industrial Espionage," "Biology and Ecology of Infectious Diseases," and other "hot topics" in science and engineering in the first of a series of free Saturday mini-courses offered by the California NanoSystems Institute and supported by the National Science Foundation.

UCSB Press Release

Synthesizing Arbitrary Quantum States in a Superconducting Resonator

admin — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:22:18 +0000

Researchers synthesize arbitrary quantum states with a superconducting
device.

Nature

UCSB Collaboration Receives $6.1 Million for Diamond-based Quantum Information Processing and Communication

admin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:47:21 +0000

In the quest for quantum information processing, diamonds may be a physicist’s best friend.

According to scientists at UC Santa Barbara, diamonds could revolutionize the field of quantum mechanics in computing by leading to ultra-secure communication, lightning-fast database searches, and code-cracking ability.

UCSB Press Release

UCSB SACNAS Chapter Selected as National Chapter of the Year

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:12:52 +0000

The UCSB Student Chapter of SACNAS (the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) has been selected as the National Chapter of the Year out of over thirty student chapters across the nation. The UCSB Chapter received a $1,000 gift from the National SACNAS Organization in recognition of its achievements. The active participation of UCSB faculty in many SACNAS activities, including ‘Lunch with a Scientist’ was cited as a major strength of the UCSB chapter.

In addition to achieving this national distinction, three UCSB undergraduate student participants were recognized with research awards at the recent SACNAS Conference held Oct. 9-12, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Of the twenty-six UCSB students who recently attended the national SACNAS Conference, eleven were among over 500 students from across the nation who presented research posters. All three student research award recipients had participated in SIMS (Summer Institute in Mathematics and Science) when they started at UCSB and have taken full advantage of the SIMS support network and research opportunities.

We Would Like to Congratulate our SIMS Alumni

Ricardo Alamillo, Chem E (SIMS 06) for his work on Silica Based Nanocomposites, completed this past summer in a CISEI internship at the University of Chile, Santiago.
Diego Herrera, Biology (SIMS 07) for his work on the Role of Proliferation in Epiretinal Membranes conducted in Professor Steven Fisher’s group in Neuroscience.
Lourdes Velazquez, Biophysics (SIMS 07) for her work on DNA and Fluorescing Silver NanoClusters conducted in Professor Deborah Fygenson’s group in Physics.

These recent awards testify to the excellent mentoring that Ofelia Aguirre provides for SIMS and SACNAS students throughout the academic year.

CNSI is proud to be able to host both programs that promote academic excellence and quality research experience and that engage a wide range of science and engineering undergraduates, especially those from underrepresented groups in science and engineering.

STAGE Announces the Winners of the 3rd STAGE International Script Competition

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:33:55 +0000

Photograph 51, by Anna Ziegler, has been awarded the $10,000 first prize in the STAGE International Competition for plays about science and technology. Ms. Ziegler’s winning play was chosen by Pulitzer, Tony, Olivier & Nobel-winning judges David Auburn, David Lindsay-Abaire, John Guare, Dr. Douglas Osheroff & Sir Anthony Leggett. STAGE - Scientists, Technologists and Artists Generating Exploration - is a collaboration between the Professional Artists Lab and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Press Release STAGE Announcement

Physicists Discover How Fundamental Particles Lose Track of Quantum Mechanical Properties

admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:49:25 +0000

In today’s Science Express, the advance online publication of the journal Science, researchers report a series of experiments that mark an important step toward understanding a longstanding fundamental physics problem of quantum mechanics. The scientists presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society here this week.

UCSB Press Release