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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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Thank Instagram and Snapchat for your fading memories

Documenting your life may come at the cost of actually being able to remember it.
UC Newsroom |

How the census overlooks the LGBTQ community

The census is finally counting same-sex couples — but it's missing everyone else.
Sally Ride somersault in space
UC Newsroom |

How Sally Ride shattered the ultimate glass ceiling

UC astronauts like Sally Ride paved the way for women at the highest level: space.
Markus Kalmutzki, Farhad Fathieh and Eugene Kapustin set up the water harvester for tests on a rooftop on the UC Berkeley campus
UC Berkeley |

Water harvester delivers fresh water from air

Powered only by sunlight, a next-generation water harvester has pulled drinking water from thin, desert air.

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