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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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Innovative UC Health tool leads to better blood pressure control

‘These are real Californians who didn’t end up in an emergency room, didn’t have a disability, didn’t lose time with their families.’
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NIH awards $15.8 million to University of California for study of Latino brain health

A multisite study led by UC San Diego and UC Davis will examine changes in brain imaging, blood biomarkers and cognition over time in Latino and Hispanic people.
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50 UC researchers elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science

UC faculty lead all universities in one of science’s highest honors — the most newly elected fellows to the world’s largest general scientific society.
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Is your brain aging faster than you are? Sleep may hold the key

A machine-learning model measures brain wave activity to calculate ‘brain age’ and relative dementia risk.

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