Seeing Patterns
The computers in UC Berkeley professor Michael I. Jordan's lab are on a treasure hunt. Loaded with the software he and his colleagues have developed, the machines are sifting through jumbles of data for gems--from the buried bugs that causes computer software to crash to the relatively small number of genes hidden in the three billion letters in human DNA.
Concrete Band-Aids for Buildings
UC Berkeley civil engineering professor Paulo Monteiro and his colleagues are developing a new concrete Band-Aid for bridges and buildings. Surprisingly, their key research tool is borrowed from biology.
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Medical Imaging by Modem
A doctor in a remote village is conducting a highly-advanced minimally invasive surgical procedure on a patient with a cancerous tumor. Fortunately, the doctor is not doing the surgery "blind." Bioengineering professor Boris Rubinsky and his collaborators aim to use existing telecommunications technology to extend the reach of revolutionary medicine into rural areas and developing regions.
2004: United Nations and UC Berkeley inaugurate a program to bring technological solutions to the developing world
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