Nature has a way of finding optimal solutions to complex problems. For example, despite the billions of ways for a single protein to fold, proteins always fold in a way that minimizes potential energy ...

The physics department at UC Santa Barbara houses its own powerful particle accelerator that accelerates electrons to 99.4% of the speed of light: The Sherwin Group’s ability to produce short and ...

High power: schematic of the Berkeley Surface Emitting Laser (BerkSEL) showing the pump beam (blue) and the lasing beam (red). The hexagonal photonic crystal is also illustrated. (Courtesy: Kanté ...