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Northern elephant seals have highly-developed whiskers.

Hunting in darkness, elephant seals use sensitive whiskers to find prey

Researchers used miniature video cameras to study how free-ranging elephant seals use their whiskers to track down prey in the darkness of the deep ocean.

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Study reveals forces of an expanding star

Study reveals forces of an expanding star

A new study using hydrodynamical simulations reveals the forces acting on a planet when it is swallowed by an expanding star.

Grant supports inclusive economic development

Grant supports inclusive economic development

The Institute for Social Transformation will partner with the Salinas Inclusive Economic Development Initiative in an effort to reduce economic inequality and improve quality of life for local families.

‘Crossing Latinidades’ selects research projects

‘Crossing Latinidades’ selects research projects

Two professors will lead national research working groups, and two doctoral students have been selected for one-year research fellowships and a summer institute.

Helping orgs better serve communities of color

Helping orgs better serve communities of color

Graduate student Kalina Browne led development of a new research report that can help guide environmental organizations toward better engagement with coastal communities of color.

The team behind a tree of 10 million Covid sequences

The team behind a tree of 10 million Covid sequences

The sequences are organized into a phylogenetic tree in the UC Santa Cruz SARS-CoV-2 Browser—the largest tree of genomic sequences of a single species ever assembled.

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