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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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‘Every time I relapsed, there would be a new course of therapy’

He was told cancer would kill him in two to four years. Fourteen years later, he credits a series of medications and treatments funded by the National Institutes of Health.
UC San Diego |

Scientists produce powerhouse pigment behind octopus camouflage

UC San Diego-led team discovers new method for producing large amounts of color-changing, nature-inspired pigment in the lab.
UC Berkeley |

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars — twin UC Berkeley satellites dubbed Blue and Gold — will launch in early November

NASA's first multiple-satellite mission to another planet will map Mars' magnetic field and atmosphere in 3D, laying the groundwork for human exploration.
UC San Diego |

Step inside the (not-so-haunted) House of Curiosity

This Halloween, take a walk through the shadowy corners of research and discovery: where viruses hunt bacteria, dragonfish hide their teeth, seabirds spiral through the skies and telescopes scan the dark for alien light.

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