String Theory and Other Timeless Notions ***
Nov 11th, 2006 · Notes from a meeting of string theorists in Santa Barbara, Calif., where some mind-bending ideas are tossed around. For instance, are there parallel universes that have no time?
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Researchers Announce Creation of Laser Chips ****
Sep 18th, 2006 · Researchers at Intel and the University of California at Santa Barbara say they have created a new kind of silicon-based chip that can produce flashes of laser light. Such optical chips could eventually lead to faster computers and telecommunications networks. But don't look for a laser-powered computer on your desktop.
Work in Colored Lights Nets Millennium Prize
Jun 15th, 2006 · Professor Shuji Nakamura from the University of California, Santa Barbara, was awarded the $1.2 million Millennium Technology Prize for inventing blue, green and white LEDs and a blue laser. The prize, which is backed by the Finnish government, was awarded for the second time (it's biennial) since it was established in 2002.
The Budapest Festival Orchestra: Wagner ***
Feb 2nd, 2006 · The Budapest Festival Orchestra and its conductor Ivan Fischer have been touring U.S. during the month of January. From a concert they gave in Santa Barbara on the 14th, we hear the Prelude to the opera The Mastersingers of Nuremburg, by Richard Wagner.
Christmas Around the Country: 2005
Dec 23rd, 2005 · Performance Today's annual tradition of holiday concerts features a range of beautiful holiday music from a variety of sources: the Baltimore Consort from NPR's Studio 4A; the Empire Brass from Florida; Canticle from Santa Barbara, Calif.; and Chanticleer from Petaluma, Calif.
Battle Brewing over California Tribal Expansion ****
Aug 24th, 2005 · The Chumash band of Santa Ynez Mission Indians want to use profits from its casino to expand its land holdings and business ventures. But tribal officials are battling some of the rich and famous residents of the bucolic Santa Ynez Valley, near Santa Barbara.
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