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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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Susie Kocher sits on a rock next to a tree bearing burns in the Angora burn area (burned in 2007) in South Lake Tahoe
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How UC research is helping California meet the challenges of the climate crisis

Hundreds of University of California scientists and researchers across the state are working to help people adapt to climate change, with innovations to fight fire, protect water supplies and accelerate the transition to a clean energy future.
A person standing next to a cultural burn with the text 'Good Fire' over the fire
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How the Indigenous practice of ‘good fire’ can help our forests thrive

Once outlawed, cultural burns can save our forests from uncontrollable wildfire.
Karen Miga, assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz
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First complete, gapless sequence of a human genome reveals hidden regions

Parts of the human genome are now available to study for the first time.
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UC Davis historians bring women’s stories to national parks of the Pacific, West

An online repository shines a light on the role of women in establishing or maintaining 64 national parks.

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