Engineering
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Universities, NASA unveil plans to build new campus at Ames
UCSC and Foothill-De Anza Community College District today announced a new partnership with NASA Ames Research Center to establish a sustainable community for education and research at the NASA Research Park.
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Marc Mangel elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Marc Mangel, distinguished professor of mathematical biology at UC Santa Cruz, has been elected a corresponding fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland’s national academy of science and letters.
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Stem cell symposium showcases new facilities and research
The UCSC Stem Cell Symposium showcased a variety of stem cell research projects now underway on campus and celebrated the opening last year of the Shared Stem Cell Facility.
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New data suggest “jumping genes” play a significant role in gene regulatory networks
Research suggests that mobile repetitive elements affect the evolution of gene regulatory networks.
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Synthetic biology yields clues to evolution and the origin of life
The efforts of researchers in the field of synthetic biology are yielding clues to the mystery of how life began on Earth.
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$2.2 million grant approved for program to train stem cell scientists
The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) last week approved a $2.2 million grant to UCSC to fund a training program in stem cell research.
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Jack Baskin School of Engineering to establish Keck Center for Nanoscale Optofluidics
UCSC has received a $1.5 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to establish the W. M. Keck Center for Nanoscale Optofluidics.
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Medical robotics expert explores the human-machine interface
Jacob Rosen is developing a wearable robotic “exoskeleton” that could enable a person to lift heavy objects with little effort.
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Three UCSC professors elected AAAS Fellows
Three UCSC professors have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Not the same old game: Michael Mateas leads the gaming revolution
Michael Mateas, a lead faculty member in UCSC’s hot new computer game design program, predicts that the interactive structure of computer gaming will soon transform media as diverse as movies, visual art, fiction, documentaries, teaching materials, and ev
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UCSC to host international renewable energy program
Last summer, U.S. and Danish students learned firsthand about renewable energy technologies being implemented in Denmark through a program organized by UCSC faculty. Next year, the campus will host the four-week summer program, along with NASA Ames Resear
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Magnetic nanotags allow sensitive detection of cancer biomarkers
A team led by researchers at UCSC and Stanford has developed a compact prototype detector that uses magnetic nanotechnology to spot cancer-associated proteins in a human blood serum sample with much higher sensitivity than current detectors.