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The agreement, which is not yet ratified, would increase academic workers’ salaries, but some call for an ongoing strike as the raises are less than desired.

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Unionization Efforts Pick Up Across US Universities

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Genome Spotlight: Black Abalone (Haliotis cracherodii)

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Lyme Disease Pathogen Present in Ticks Near the Coast

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Voters in California Extend Life of Stem Cell Funding Agency

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California Voters to Decide Future of Stem Cell Funding Agency

California Wildfire Beaten Back, for Now, on Famous Mt. Wilson

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Field Research Sites Damaged as Fires Ravage West Coast

California Wildfires Threaten UC Campus, Telescopes

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Marine Biologist John Pearse Dies

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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Postdoc Portrait: Rohita Roy

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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