David Wagner
Science & Technology ReporterDavid Wagner covers the science and technology beat for KPBS. Before arriving in San Diego, he wrote a research column for The Atlantic magazine's sister site The Atlantic Wire. Other positions found him producing web content for NPR's Arts & Life channel and writing features for the San Francisco Chronicle. He holds English and Political Science B.A.s from UC Berkeley.
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In the largest deal in the company's history, Qualcomm will acquire Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors.
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KPBS Midday EditionSan Diego-based Brain Corp is rolling out an automated vehicle that can clean floors without a human driver. -
In a new study, San Diego scientists show that gene sequencing can often give families answers when a loved one suddenly dies. But in many cases, unexplained deaths can't be linked with DNA at all. -
One in five Americans in need of a liver transplant dies on the wait list. San Diego-based Organovo hopes to change that by creating transplantable liver tissue in the lab. -
Jin-Quan Yu, a chemist at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, and Victoria Orphan, a Caltech geobiologist who grew up in San Diego, are among those receiving MacArthur fellowships this year. -
KPBS Midday EditionA stroke patient who pursued stem cell treatments abroad says he trusted San Diego-based Stemedica based on its leaders’ credentials. But those credentials don’t always hold up to scrutiny.
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