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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 faculty and alums behind 13 of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025
Lab-grown seafood, a new treatment for Parkinson's disease and a kid-safe power saw are among the genius ideas from UC inventors honored by TIME magazine in 2025.
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Engineers, neurosurgeons help restore autonomy for people with paralysis
In a world first, a team of engineers, neuroscientists and neurosurgeons at UC Davis and UC Davis Health has demonstrated that brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, for translating brain signals into speech can also enable control of a computer cursor.
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7 UC faculty and alumni awarded MacArthur ‘genius grants’
Since 2020, UC alumni and faculty have accounted for nearly 1 in 4 recipients of the prestigious fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation, which provides an $800,000, no-strings-attached grant to support the winner’s interests.
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At the crossroads of language and AI
As technology advances in English, a UC Santa Cruz professor is making sure Indigenous languages don’t get left behind.
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