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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 Newsroom |

What ‘Open Inquiry: UC Arts’ reveals about the future of arts education

A new exhibition of work by recent University of California alumni highlights UC's artistic legacy and shows California’s world-class public university is ready to step in as art schools across the country disappear.
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UC Santa Barbara |

The Big Bee Project brings natural history collections into the 21st century

UC Santa Barbara wraps up the Big Bee Project, a pioneering, multicampus initiative to bring natural history collections into the century of AI, big data and networked databases.
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UC Riverside |

How plants stop growing to survive stress

A retired scientist’s persistence reveals insight to boost farm yields.
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UC Berkeley School of Public Health |

Harnessing real-world data to bring life-saving drugs to the public sooner

UC Berkeley School of Public Health researchers are collaborating with the FDA and industry to make drug clinical trials faster and better.

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