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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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F. Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina in their lab at UC Irvine in the early 1970s,
UC Irvine |

How UC Irvine saved the ozone layer

Research by F. Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina is at the heart of a recent U.N. report that the ozone hole is closing.
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UC San Francisco |

30 years on, are we winning the fight against Alzheimer’s?

Lecanemab, Donanemab, and other drug-free strategies have emerged as weapons against dementia.
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UC Newsroom |

UC awards $16.4M in grants to address climate change, health inequities

21 exciting new projects are being funded through $16.4 million in grants from UC’s Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI).
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UC Davis |

Bumblebee and butterfly, where are you?

Distinguished professor Art Shapiro’s Beer for a Butterfly Contest is one of two entomology contests at UC Davis to open the new year.

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