Engineering
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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.
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A new genetic clue to how humans got such big brains
Genomics researchers Sofie Salama and David Haussler were quoted in widespread international news coverage of their research identifying genes responsible for large brain size in humans, including stories in the Atlantic, Economist, Science, Financial Times, Nature, New Scientist, New York Times, Reuters, Scientist, CBC Radio, El Mundo, Xinhua, ResearchGate, Discover, and other media outlets.
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The machines have taught themselves to make Mario levels
Computational media professor Adam Smith was quoted in a Fast Company article about the use of artificial intelligence to generate levels in videogames.
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Cruz Foam made from shrimp shells could help keep beaches clean
Electrical engineering grad student John Felts was featured in a Forbes article about his start-up Cruz Foam.
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Major breakthrough in cancer care as gene map paves way for new treatments
Biomolecular engineer Josh Stuart was quoted coverage of new research on cancer genomics reported by the Pan-Cancer Atlas project, including stories from the Independent, Yahoo News, Medical News Today, Medical Xpress, Science Newsline, Marin Independent Journal, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, and other media outlets.
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What an ‘infinite’ AI-generated podcast can tell us about the future of entertainment
Computational media graduate student James Ryan is featured in an article in the Verge about his AI-generated podcast.
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The Y chromosome's still-uncharted regions
Genomics researcher Karen Miga was quoted in coverage of her team's accomplishments in determining the DNA sequence of the centromere on the human Y chromosome, including stories from Atlantic, Front Line Genomics, Science Newsline, Nanowerk, R&D, and other media outlets.
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Your next computer could improve with age
Computer engineer Heiner Litz was quoted in an article in Technology Review about the use of artificial intelligence to improve computer systems.