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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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An image of a face with acne. Next to it is a microscopic view of Cutibacterium acnes. Below it are the words "acne vaccine"
UC Newsroom |

A vaccine for acne? UC discovery shows promise

A team at UC San Diego pinpointed one of the condition's microbial culprits and are exploring how to fight it.
A North Atlantic right whale and her calf seen from a drone in the ocean
UC Santa Barbara |

Cargo ship monitor Whale Safe heads east to help a new endangered whale

There are only about 350 North Atlantic right whales left on Earth — but they are about to get some much-needed help from UC Santa Barbara scientists.
In the front of the photo, a man touches an egghead (a humorous but blank-looking human face shaped like an egg) which is faced down on a concrete open book; in the back of the photo, a line of people outside a museum at night
UC Davis |

The lasting legacy of Arneson’s Eggheads

The famed sculptures, the last of which was installed 30 years ago this year, are being commemorated with events marking 2024 as the Year of the Eggheads.
Rich Lyons, a white man with white hair and a white beard, smiling in a suit with a Berkeley bears tie, on campus
UC Berkeley |

Rich Lyons, longtime campus business, innovation leader, will be UC Berkeley's next chancellor

With decades of experience on campus, Lyons — the former dean of the Haas School of Business — will take over from outgoing Chancellor Carol Christ on July 1.

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