Engineering
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It takes 2: RNA–DNA mashup may have kick-started life on Earth
Biomolecular engineer David Deamer was quoted in an article in Scientific American and Chemistry World about the roles of RNA and DNA in the origins of life.
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How a 'Smart' Public Transit System Can Better Serve Riders With Disabilities
Computer engineer Roberto Manduchi was quoted in an article in City Lab from the Atlantic about his project to develop a smart transit system for people with special needs.
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New optofluidic platform features tunable optics and novel 'lightvalves'
Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt was quoted in stories about his optofluidics research in PhysOrg, Nanotechnology Now, Optoelectronics News, and other media outlets.
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UC Santa Cruz technology helps astronauts sequence DNA in space
Biomolecular engineers David Deamer and Mark Akeson are featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the UCSC technology used to sequence DNA on the International Space Station.
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Q&A: Alexander Wolf, New Dean of Baskin Engineering
Santa Cruz Tech Beat ran an interview with new engineering dean Alexander Wolf.
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Intel tries to rearchitect the computer—and itself
Computer scientist Ethan Miller is quoted in a Technology Review article about Intel's new data storage technology.
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I, Twitter Bot
Computer scientist Kate Compton was a guest on the public radio program Science Friday to discuss Twitter bots.
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Why this foundation's focus on precision medicine really matters
Genomics Institute director David Haussler is quoted in a story from Inside Philanthropy about support for the Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative from St. Baldrick's Foundation.
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Rebooting the human genome
Genomics expert Benedict Paten is quoted in a Technology Review article about work on a new, more sophisticated human reference genome.
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Why current game preservation efforts might not be ready for the future
Computer science grad student Eric Kaltman was featured in a Gamasutra story about his blog post regarding the preservation and archiving of digital games.
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A DNA sequencer in every pocket
Biomolecular engineer David Deamer is featured in an article about nanopore sequencing in the Atlantic magazine. Deamer and Mark Akeson also contributed a perspectives piece to Nature Biotechnology on three decades on nanopore sequencing.
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Emotion, manipulation and the future of game design
Game news site Polygon reviewed How Games Move Us, the new book by computational media professor Katherine Isbister.