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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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Election polls are 95 percent confident but only 60 percent accurate, UC Berkeley Haas study finds
How confident should you be in election polls? Not nearly as confident as the pollsters claim, according to a new study.
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What makes an insect indestructible?
Materials scientists discover the design secrets of the ironclad beetle, which can even survive getting run over by a car.
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UC Berkeley played big role in Nobel Prize-winning work
Reinhard Genzel realized his mentor Charles Townes’ dream of exploring the center of the Milky Way on his way to his own Nobel Prize.
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Jennifer Doudna wins 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry
Jennifer Doudna, UC Berkeley and UCSF professor and Berkeley Lab faculty scientist, shares the prize with Emmanuelle Charpentier for their discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 as a tool for making targeted changes to the genome.
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