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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 Irvine |

A laser focus on melanoma

Mihaela Balu and her team have developed a skin scanner that can better detect early signs of deadly cancer.
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UC Berkeley Haas |

AI promised to free up workers’ time. UC Berkeley Haas researchers found the opposite.

While conducting research on how AI was changing daily work at a U.S. technology company, a UC Berkeley Haas doctoral student noticed a pattern that raised a provocative question: What if AI is intensifying work rather than reducing it?
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UC Riverside |

The science of Ramadan fasting

UC Riverside’s Dr. Sherif Hassan breaks down the medical benefits and potential risks of fasting.
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UC San Diego |

From Rett and Pitt-Hopkins to ALS: 5 rare diseases UC San Diego researchers are tackling in the lab

Researchers at the Sanford Stem Cell Institute have taken the fight against rare diseases to the lab, to patients’ bedsides and even to outer space.

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