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UCSB — The Current — ‘Hair-width LEDs could replace lasers — and a UCSB doctoral student is helping make it happen’ and more news, events

by Community Contributor • February 26, 2026 • Comments Off on UCSB — The Current — ‘Hair-width LEDs could replace lasers — and a UCSB doctoral student is helping make it happen’ and more news, events

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February 26, 2026

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Hair-width LEDs could replace lasers — and a UCSB doctoral student is helping make it happen

New research co-authored by Roark Chao demonstrates a new micro–light-emitting diode design that improves both efficiency and beam directionality.

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Samuel Lobo, Devon Callan, Erica Keane Rivera, Ventura Rivera, Austin Dubose

UCSB startup builds software to speed drug discovery

The platform developed by graduate students enables a quicker path to viable treatments for Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

Read more about ProFoldBio

Multi-colored tablets spill from an overturned pill bottle amongst upright pill bottles

Scientists unlock a massive new ‘color palette’ for biomedical research by synthesizing non-natural amino acids

UCSB researchers have developed a technique that could significantly advance peptide research.

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Featured Events

Students present their research at a past Bren School PhD Student Symposium

Bren School 2026 PhD Student Symposium

Friday, February 27

Students present talks describing their work in the annual event meant to highlight the diverse, cutting-edge research being conducted at Bren.

CWC Global: The Art of the Benshi

Saturday, February 28

Ichiro Kataoka, one of Japan’s most celebrated benshi, or “movie orators,” performs, followed by a discussion with Naoki Yamamoto of film and media studies.

Caitlin Dickerson

Thursday, March 5

The Pulitzer Prize- and Peabody-winning investigative journalist speaks about deportation and migration at Campbell Hall.

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