Author: Emily Cerf
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Grants expand UC Santa Cruz-led drone workforce development programs for Californians
Nearly $3 million in regional and state-wide grants will fund the ‘Drones Uplifting California Communities’ program, serving high schoolers, college students, and the ag tech industry.
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WiFi signals can measure heart rate—no wearables needed
Engineers prove their technique is effective even with the lowest-cost WiFi devices
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Digital game demonstrates the power of religion for climate change education
‘Shloka’ uses Hindu deities, practices, and narratives to communicate the problems of climate change
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Nuevos sensores de calidad del aire facilitan la toma de decisiones comunitarias en la región del Valle del Pájaro
Los sensores recién implementados llenarán vacíos importantes en la red de monitoreo de la calidad del aire del área.
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Artificial biosensor can better measure the body’s main stress hormone
This research paves the way for point-of-care cortisol testing and diagnoses.
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New air quality sensors enable community decision-making in Pajaro Valley region
Newly deployed sensors will fill in significant gaps in the area’s air quality monitoring network
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Games promote preparedness and build community resilience to wildfire
UC Santa Cruz game makers invite users to test their safety instincts before disaster strikes
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A fresh look at TikTok: short food videos encourage long-term healthy eating habits in teens
Research from UC Santa Cruz human-computer interactions scholars is revealing how online habits translate into offline actions
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Keysight Technologies partnership gives capstone students hands-on experience
A new unique capstone project involves both undergraduate and graduate students.
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AI is good at weather forecasting. Can it predict freak weather events?
New study tests neural networks’ ability to handle ‘gray swan’ events.
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‘Selfish’ genes called introners proven to be a major source of genetic complexity
UC Santa Cruz researchers are studying the ways certain genetic elements hide and make copies of themselves, so they can propagate within a species’ DNA, or even hop from one species to an unrelated one in a process called “horizontal gene transfer.”
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In Memoriam: Allen Van Gelder
Remembering Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Allen Van Gelder