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1880-1893 medical watercolor image of polycystic kidney
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Teniswood, George Francis, "Polycystic kidney," Barts Health NHS Trust Archives, c1880-1893 CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Watercolor drawing showing two views of a polycystic kidney. One shows the external surface of the kidney, the other when the organ is bisected. Drawing given to the Museum by Dr. Draper Mackinder, MD, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

A ‘magic bullet’ for polycystic kidney disease in the making

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a cathedral in the middle of a mountain town in Colombia
Yarumal, a municipality in the foothills of the Andes north of Medellín, is one of several communities in Colombia that host a large kindred with a genetic form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease

Untangling a sticky mystery: Researchers make precious headway into a genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease
A foothill yellow-legged frog perches on a rock.
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Brome McCreary
Foothill yellow-legged frogs live in the flowing water of rivers and streams, so are especially vulnerable when these shrink to isolated pools.

Scientists assemble a richer picture of the plight and resilience of the foothill yellow-legged frog
three blue-gray petri dishes against a black background testing the resistance of bacteria to antimicrobials

Researchers develop molecules for a new class of antibiotics that can overcome drug resistant bacteria
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A seed grant for light-driven catalysis
the sun sinks behind the horizon of the Black Sea

Anoxic marine basins are among the best candidates for deep-sea carbon sequestration
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Laser tech expert wins major materials award
two fishers in Kiribati waters
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Jacob Eurich

Reinforcing the diverse ways people access seafood can ensure healthy communities in the face of change
California Sea Otters grooming themselves in the Elkhorn Slough at Moss Landing.
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Htrnr via iStock
Although sea otters only recently recolonized their historic habitat in the Elkhorn Sough, they’re already benefiting the ecosystem.

Sea otters stabilize salt marsh banks as they recolonize a Californian estuary
Amber hills roll away behind a lone oak tree, with facilities in the background.
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Matt Perko
The rolling hills of Sedgwick Reserve offer a testbed for researchers to probe grassland ecology.

Extreme drought hits grasslands and shrublands harder than anticipated

Global groundwater depletion is accelerating, but is not inevitable
The 14 members of the Biopacific Group pose outside Elings Hall
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Courtesy Photo
The NSF BioPACIFIC MIP group.

BioPACIFIC MIP unites two UC campuses to advance a new model for materials research
arts and technology at different hemispheres of the brain

NSF-supported collaborative project to connect culture, creativity and technological innovation
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