Engineering
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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.
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Pocket DNA sequencers make real-time diagnostics a reality
Biomolecular engineer Mark Akeson was quoted in a Science magazine article about DNA sequencers using nanopore technology he helped develop.
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HACK UCSC winners collect cash for tech solutions
Coverage of the third annual UCSC hackathon included stories from the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Santa Cruz Tech Beat, KSBW, and Community TV.
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Robot wars at UC Santa Cruz
KSBW TV covered the robotics competition in computer engineer Gabe Elkaim's mechatronics course.
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Genetics: Big hopes for big data
Biomolecular engineer Josh Stuart was quoted in a Nature article about advances in cancer genomics.
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Optofluidic systems detect Ebola, flu viruses
Electrical engineer Holger Schmidt was quoted in an article in Photonics Media about his research on optofluidic technology for virus detection.