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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 Santa Barbara |

The world’s highest jumper

A device developed in the Hawkes Lab achieves the tallest height of any known jumper, engineered or biological.
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UC San Diego |

Diagnosing neurological disease at home

A smartphone app that could allow people to screen for Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases and disorders by recording closeups of their eye.
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UCI Health |

Testing a one-time treatment to relieve Parkinson’s symptoms

A new cell therapy could finally bring meaningful relief to patients with the progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder.
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UCLA |

Affirmative action bans had ‘devastating impact’ on diversity in medical schools, UCLA-led study finds

Researchers examined enrollment data from 1985 through 2019 for 53 medical schools.

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