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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 San Francisco |

Psilocybin rewires the brain for people with depression

Study suggests new mechanism for how psychedelics affect the brain.
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UC Berkeley, UC Merced |

Flying buses in California skies?

Advanced air mobility could help people and goods in modes and environments previously underserved by traditional means get where they need to go.
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UC San Diego |

E-cigarettes alter inflammatory state of brain, heart, lungs and colon

Study ties chronic JUUL use to inflammatory changes across body; results depend on e-cigarette flavor.
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UCLA |

4 billion-year-old relic from early solar system heading our way

But don’t lose sleep — we’re in no danger, UCLA professor David Jewitt assures.

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