Engineering
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UC Santa Cruz scientists create surfboard foam from shrimp shells
Engineers Marco Rolandi and John Felts were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their work on a new material derived from shrimp shells for making surfboards.
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Real vs. reference genomes
Biomolecular engineer Jenny Draper was quoted in an article in BioTechniques about her research on genomic variation within laboratory strains of bacteria.
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DNA research shows modern humans benefit from neanderthal DNA
Paleogenomics expert Ed Green was featured in a news story on KPIX TV (CBS San Francisco) about the significance of neanderthal genes in modern humans.
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UC Santa Cruz Hackathon expects record attendance
Technology management student Zimraan Hamid was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the Hack UCSC hackathon.
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Q&A: Baskin Engineering expands further into buildings on the Westside of Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Tech Beat ran a Q&A with engineering dean Alex Wolf discussing the growth of the Baskin School of Engineering and new labs planned for 2300 Delaware Ave.
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Get ready for UCSC’s first student-run hackathon!
Santa Cruz Tech Beat ran a story about Hack UCSC 2017, the annual hackathon, which is free this year for the first time.
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UC Santa Cruz engineers work with Samsung on promising new memory technology
Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt was featured in stories in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and TechWire about his lab's collaboration with Samsung on new memory technology.
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In cancer fight, artificial intelligence is a smart move for everyone
Biomolecular engineer Josh Stuart was quoted in a Forbes article about companies developing artificial intelligence applications for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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Laboratory-on-a-chip technique simplifies detection of cancer DNA biomarkers
Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt's research on an optofluidic platform for detection of cancer biomarkers was featured in stories on PhysOrg, Science Newsline, Nanowerk, Science Daily, and other media outlets.
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Structure of human astrovirus could lead to antiviral therapies, vaccines
Biomolecular engineer Rebecca DuBois was featured in coverage of her research on astrovirus, including stories from PhysOrg, Health Medicine Network, Health Canal, Infection Control Today, Science Newsline, and other media outlets.
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Video games where people matter? The strange future of emotional AI
Computational media professor Michael Mateas and graduate students Aaron Reed and James Ryan are featured in a Guardian article about the use of artifical intelligence to simulate emotional behavior in nonplayer characters in computer games.
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As DNA reveals its secrets, scientists are assembling a new picture of humanity
Genomics researcher Benedict Paten is featured in a story in Stat about efforts to build genome graphs for better understanding of the human genome.