Engineering
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Groundbreaking study uses small chip to immediately detect Zika, stage of infection
Virus detection technology developed by electrical engineer Holger Schmidt was featured in a story from ABC News affiliate KSAT in San Antonio, Texas.
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CruzHacks has established its credibility inside and outside of Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Tech Beat ran a story about the UCSC hackathon, CruzHacks 2019.
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Western Digital, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and Baskin School of Engineering collaborate to accelerate genomics sequencing
Biomolecular engineer Benedict Paten and computer scientist Heiner Litz were quoted in the announcement of a collaboration between Western Digital and UCSC engineering researchers in Morningstar News, Business Wire, and other media outlets.
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Scientists are working to develop a new way to detect Zika virus
Engineer Holger Schmidt was quoted in news coverage of his team's work on a device for rapid detection of zika virus infections, including stories from Medical News Net, Bioengineer, Scienmag, Medicine Newsline, and other media outlets.
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State of science: Finding human ancestors in new places
Biomolecular engineer David Haussler was featured in a Discover magazine article about research on the evolution of the human brain.
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This may be life's 'missing ingredient'
Biochemist David Deamer was quoted in an article about the origins of life in Live Science and Space.com.
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Linux Foundation advances Ceph Foundation to manage data growth and information generated from cloud, container, AI applications
Computer scientist Carlos Maltzahn was quoted in coverage of a new foundation to support the Ceph open source project which started at UCSC, including stories in Computer Technology Review, Business Insider, Morningstar, Irish Tech News, Net Security, Space Daily, and other media outlets.
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UCSC student scientists pursue birth control breakthrough
Biomolecular engineer David Bernick and students on the UCSC iGEM team were quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their project to produce progesterone in yeast.
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Robin Hunicke interview — Why developers should collaborate with VR platform makers
VentureBeat featured an interview with Robin Hunicke, director of art and design for the Games and Playable Media B.A. program at UC Santa Cruz.
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Canadian researchers look to solve origins of life mystery with new 'game changing' planet simulator
Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in a Canadian Press story about research on the origins of life that ran in media outlets across Canada, including the National Post, National Observer, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald, Guardian, and others.
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Scientists find bone from Neanderthal-Denisovan 'love child'
Paleogenomics expert Ed Green was quoted in stories from CBC News, National Geographic, and other media outlets about the discovery of a fossil bone fragment from a Neanderthal-Denisovan hybrid.
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Girls Who Code encourages STEM, one coding class at a time
Computer science major Macie Cooper was featured in an article about the Girls Who Code program in CNET News, Long Room, F3News, and other media outlets.