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Statistics

Students experience a summer of state-of-the-art data science research

Two new Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the field of statistics are training students in cutting-edge data analytics and computational skills essential to interdisciplinary research.

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Faculty and Staff

Zoologist awarded Fulbright scholarship for biomedical research

Jaga Giebultowicz, professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, has been awarded a Fulbright research and teaching scholarship for 2017-2018.

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Health and Biotechnology

Genetic Code Expansion Workshop returns for third year

The third annual Genetic Code Expansion Workshop is returning to campus for graduate students, faculty and scientists from across the country and world the week of July 31-August 5, 2017.

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Microbiology

Diatoms have sex after all, and ammonium puts them in the mood

New research shows a species of diatom, a single-celled algae thought to be asexual, does reproduce sexually—a finding with important biotechnology implications.

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Climate and Oceans

Surveying seafloor animals for offshore renewable energy

Marine biologist Sarah Henkel's survey of sea floor animals is helping the development of offshore renewable energy facilities on the west coast.

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Sustainable Energy and Materials

Chemists invent new method to predict metals' reactions with water

The wide reach of corrosion, a multi-trillion-dollar global problem, may be narrowed considerably thanks to a better way to predict how metals react with water.

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Sustainable Energy and Materials

Alloying materials of different structures offers new tool for controlling properties

New research into the largely unstudied area of heterostructural alloys could lead to better semiconductors, advances in pharmaceuticals and improved metallic glasses for industrial applications.

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Integrative Biology

Biologist part of $14 million NSF program for improved genomic tools

Biologist Virginia Weis is one of eight researchers selected for a new $14 million NSF program for enabling discovery through genomic tools.

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Climate and Oceans

Marine reserves can mitigate effects of climate change

Marine biologist Jane Lubchenco and an international team of scientists have found that marine reserves can help protect the planet from global warming.

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Events

International astrophysics conference on campus

The Department of Physics hosted an international workshop on the physics and observations of supernovae and other cosmic explosive phenomena.

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Integrative Biology

Marine ecologist finds highly acidified ocean water along the West Coast

A three-year survey of the California Current System found persistent, highly acidified water throughout this ecologically critical nearshore habitat.

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Students

Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence in Science

Thirty-four science majors presented their research at the Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence event sponsored by the Division of Undergraduate Studies.