HIV patients are especially vulnerable to extreme weather events

In an approach that can be used on populations managing endemic diseases, researchers link real-life climate and weather data to a large multinational cohort of HIV patients to illustrate the effects of extreme weather on people with the infectious disease.

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A robust new telecom qubit in silicon

Researchers in Professor Chris Van de Walle’s Computational Materials Group discover a more durable defect for quantum applications.

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UCSB researchers develop a genetic sensor that could allow MRIs to image molecular-level changes

The modular, genetically encoded, protein-based sensor enables MRI machines to visualize molecular activity inside cells. It could transform how scientists study cancer, neurodegeneration and inflammation.

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