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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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Women training with fire hose at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard.
UC Davis |

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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UC Irvine |

Squid skin-inspired cup cozy keeps your hands cool and your coffee hot

Engineers have developed a method for economical mass production of a new insulating material.
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UC Berkeley |

Success treating night blindness in dogs could lead to human gene therapy

In videos of the dogs after the treatment, the restoration of vision in low lighting is easy to detect by their canine behavior.
A UC Riverside SEARCH Center staffer works with an autistic child
UC Riverside |

Families of children with autism can get free help from UC Riverside’s SEARCH Center

Inland Empire families don’t have to wade through school and service systems alone.

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