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No, deporting undocumented immigrants won’t solve the fentanyl crisis
Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies Carlos Martinez coauthored an opinion piece in the San Francisco Chronicle countering recent political narratives around the fentanyl crisis and unauthorized immigration across the US-Mexico border.
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Gardens Are Good for the Neighborhood
Environmental Studies Professor and Center for Agroecology Faculty Director Stacy Philpott discussed her recent research on the benefits of urban gardens with Eos.
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Decarbonising India
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote a commentary for Financial Express about potential pathways to a zero emissions future for India.
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Are Floating Solar Panels the Future of Clean Energy Production?
Smithsonian Magazine covered Environmental Studies Professor J. Elliott Campbell's latest research on the potential for floating solar panels on reservoirs.
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Solar Panels Floating in Reservoirs? We’ll Drink to That
J. Elliott Campbell, an environmental engineer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, co-authored a paper that shows just how useful wide-scale floatovoltaics could be.
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Single-Cell RNA Isoform Sequencing Picks up Steam as Long-Read Technologies Improve
Biomolecular engineer Christopher Vollmers was quoted in a Genome Web story on advancements in the field of single-cell RNA isoform analysis.
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An underwater mountain was newly discovered off California coast
Earth scientist Andrew Fisher was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about the discovery of a new seamount off the coast of Mendocino.
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Webb telescope details weather patterns on a distant planet with two suns
Astronomers Andrew Skemer and Brittany Miles were quoted in coverage of their exoplanet observations using the James Webb Space Telescope, including stories from CNN, CBS News, Smithsonian, Salon, Irish News, Tech Explorist, and other media outlets.
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On the Family Dramas (and Weird Feet) of the American Coot
Biologist Bruce Lyon was featured in a Bay Nature story about the behavior and reproductive biology of coots.
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DNA From Beethoven’s Hair Unlocks Medical and Family Secrets
Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Ed Green, an expert on ancient DNA, was quoted in a New York Times story about a genomic analysis of Beethoven’s hair. Additional coverage in the San Jose Mercury News.