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A new (and surprising) way to use solar panels

In the middle of California's Central Valley, a new way to use solar panels could change how we think about clean energy and water. It’s a simple idea that people have talked about for decades, but only now is it finally being tested in real life.

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UC Irvine |

Antarctica has lost 10 times the size of Greater Los Angeles in ice over 30 years

A UC Irvine-led study used international and commercial satellites to measure glaciers and found more than three-quarters of Antarctica’s coast-reaching glaciers to be stable, with the other quarter undergoing aggressive melting.
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UC Santa Barbara |

UC researchers develop a genetic sensor that could allow MRIs to image molecular-level changes

In a development that could transform how scientists study cancer, neurodegeneration and inflammation, researchers have invented a new sensor that enables MRI machines to visualize molecular activity inside cells.
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UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley’s Blue and Gold satellites are now flying through Earth’s magnetotail — a first

Launched to Mars in November, NASA’s ESCAPADE probes — operated by UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Lab — are now testing their instruments in a never-before-visited region of Earth's magnetic field.
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UC Newsroom |

How little we know about our food would surprise you. UC scientists are working to change that — and improve health outcomes across the nation

Leveraging the power of artificial intelligence, scientists at the UC Davis USDA-NIFA AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems are connecting the dots of 80 years of scientific publishing to shed light on the food we eat and make food as medicine a…

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