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RazeMath is Nico Lehner, left, and Evan McCall, right.
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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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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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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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EGT via iStock
Meandering rivers create a dynamic landscape, depositing sand bars and eroding steep banks as they undulate across their floodplains.
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M. Scott Shell, left, and Beth Pruitt, right
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