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Sonia Fernandez
Sessile creatures like this barnacle were the key to determining when the oil pipeline was compromised, an event that eventually led to the oil spill
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![A mantis shrimp emerges from its burrow to confront a rival.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-05/Mantis-shrimp-fight-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=dVwHyRUg)
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Roy Caldwell
These territorial crustaceans use their tails as shields to defend against the explosive punches of their rivals.
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College of Creative Studies biology student Ashley Yeh '24
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![Two workers in white coveralls and masks examine solar cells in a cleanroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-05/Solar-cell-fab-iStock.jpg?itok=XdNRn720)
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Gorodenkoff via iStock
Alternatives to silicon-based solar cells could allow solar panel production to move out of cleanrooms like this.
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Matt Perko
This is a story about proteins, how they malfunction, and what cells do to prevent that.
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![A river meanders through forests and fields in Columbia.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-04/Columbian-river-iStock.jpg?itok=Wh9xfAKO)
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Meandering rivers create a dynamic landscape, depositing sand bars and eroding steep banks as they undulate across their floodplains.