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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 Presidential Medal awarded to Irwin Jacobs and late wife Joan

UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., awarded the medal to Irwin Jacobs and his late wife Joan in recognition of the couple’s transformative impact on the university and beyond.
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Long-accepted theory explaining the nature of our universe may need updating, new analysis indicates

New results from Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument hint that the influence of mysterious force driving universe's accelerating expansion may change over time.
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UC Santa Barbara |

In Sameer Pandya’s ‘Our Beautiful Boys,’ teenage secrets are the dark heart of suburbia

A literary thriller that crackles with tension, Sameer Pandya’s newly released “Our Beautiful Boys” drops us into the dark heart of suburbia, as four boys explore a cave and return changed.
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Democracies boost women’s participation in the labor market

A UC Riverside study finds that freer societies compel more women to pursue careers.

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