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The new feed eliminates conventional fish meal and fish oil while providing better fish weight gains and higher nutritional value in farmed fish for humans. (Photo courtesy of Robert Gill)

Aquaculture breakthrough: better fish-free feed

UC Santa Cruz researchers Pallab Sarker and Anne Kapuscinski have come up with a new aquaculture feed formula using marine microalgae that is more sustainable and eliminates conventional fish meal and fish oil ingredients.

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Interim chief to focus on listening, community

Interim chief to focus on listening, community

Lt. Mary Garcia said she wants to strengthen the relationship between the campus community and the police department.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates  speaks in special post-election event

Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks in special post-election event

The acclaimed writer will talk about his new novel Nov. 20 in an online event sponsored by The Humanities Institute and Bookshop Santa Cruz.

New tool empowers large-scale studies of evolution

New tool empowers large-scale studies of evolution

New studies of the evolution of birds and mammals used Progressive Cactus, a genome alignment tool developed at the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute.

Radioactive elements and a planet's habitability

Radioactive elements and a planet's habitability

Earth-size planets can have varying amounts of radioactive elements, which generate the internal heat that drives a planet’s geological activity.

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