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A boom in blooms

Pablo Almela works with Trinity Hamilton’s lab to study a colorful algae that can accelerate snow melt with its rapid growth.

An eye on invasives

Using remote sensing and machine learning, researchers can spot an invasive species from space—and predict its spread.

Brushstrokes and breakthroughs

Graduate student and science communicator Emily Hanson looks with hope to the future after a year of transformation.

People in the picture

Alejandra Perez-Enriquez and colleagues are helping communities shape their own future through participatory ecological restoration.

Resilient crops on demand

A gene-editing discovery will expedite the breeding of climate-adapted plants.

A species in bloom

New research reveals the role climate plays in the evolution of a California wildflower.

Keeping the Krebs in check

Tom Niehaus receives a five-year $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Research brief: Minnesota’s invasive tansy spread impacted by land use

Researchers look into reasons behind spread of Tanacetum vulgare

Testing the waters

College of Biological Science researchers are developing new approaches that promise to reduce industrial pollution and contamination in our water systems.

A good statistical model

An award-winning instructor guides undergraduates in seeing the world through a biostatistical lens.