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AR Sandbox spelling out UCLA in topography.
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Donna Elbert: The Story of a Self-Taught Mathematician EPSS Postdoc and Her Overlooked Breakthroughs for Planetary Magnetic Fields

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Space Plasma Waves Modulate GPS Signals - AGU Advances Editor's Highlight and Journal Cover

Congrats to space physics researcher Yangyang Shen, whose work was featured in AGU Advances.

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Arthropods in Deep Time: A Model System for Paleobiology

Special Guest Seminar
Wednesday Apr 2 12:00p.m. - 1:00p.m.
Presented By:
Russell Bicknell -

Arthropods (spiders, scorpions, and crabs) are the most diverse and disparate group of animals alive today, making up over 75% of known modern animals. They also have an extensive fossil record ranging from the dawn of complex life—the Cambrian—to today. Arthropod exoskeletons have evolved to meet the demands of different …
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