Abstract:
NASA/Ames Research Center in Mountain View has picked the University of California for a competitive $330 million, 10-year contract that will enable the space agency to harness some of the top scientific minds in the UC system. The contract taps UC-Santa Cruz to manage the development of a University Affiliated Research Center. The center's work will focus on interdisciplinary research in astrobiology and in informational technology and its fusion with nanotechnology and biotechnology. (more on earlier article)