Quantum entanglement may be hard to get your head around, but it’s believed to be the key to future technological applications in quantum information. In this guest editorial, inspired by his new article in Frontiers in Quantum Science and Technology, Prof Carl Kocher explains his groundbreaking 1964-67 experiments in quantum entanglement and helps us stretch our minds to understand this apparently paradoxical phenomenon.

Inductors are everywhere, from your cell phone and laptop to your radio, television, and car. A basic building block of today’s technology, they are also a crucial component for realising the potential of the IoT, which promises to connect people to some 50 billion objects, by 2020, with an projected economic impact ranging from $2.7-$6.2 trillion annually by 2025.

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara professor Yasamin Mostofi's lab have given the first demonstration of three-dimensional imaging of objects through walls using ordinary wireless signal. The technique, which involves two drones working in tandem, could have a variety of applications, such as emergency search-and-rescue, archaeological discovery and structural monitoring.

  In 2015 UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineer and materials scientist Jonathan Berger developed an idea that could change the way people think about high-performance structural materials. Two years later, his concept is paying research dividends.

In the pursuit of a class of photovoltaic materials, researchers at UC Santa Barbara happened upon an entirely different discovery that addresses a centuries-old mystery of chemistry: Why does an iodine solution turn blue-black when starch is added to the mix? The exact structural-chemical mechanism that causes the intense deflection of blue light during this transformation has been a subject of active speculation until this point.

Nature has its own economy, with trading as dynamic as that of any stock exchange. To cope with nutrient deficiencies in their respective habitats, certain plants, animals and fungi have evolved partnerships by which they can swap resources. However, according to a new study by UC Santa Barbara researchers Deron Burkepile and Andrew Shantz, excess nutrient input creates an imbalance in the interactions between partner - or mutualistic - species a...

Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara have discovered that some species of giant clams produce their white coloration much like the displays used in televisions and smartphones do – by combining red, green and blue light. The new findings, published in The Optical Society’s high impact journal Optica, could help improve solar cell efficiency and offer a bio-inspired route to a new type of colour displays.