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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 Santa Cruz |

How a UC Santa Cruz professor unearthed the oldest alphabet yet

The emerging importance of the find underscores a key truth about archaeology: artifacts often hold secrets that only later generations can unlock.
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UC San Francisco |

4 ways artificial intelligence is poised to transform medicine

AI can compare thousands of images to uncover dangerous patterns, create ultra-high resolution scans from low-res images and see what the human eye misses.
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UC Berkeley |

Jennifer Doudna receives National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Announced by President Joe Biden, the award honors the nation's technological trailblazers.
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UCLA via The Conversation |

How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California

Jon Keeley, a research ecologist in California with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor at UCLA, explains what causes extreme winds like this in Southern California, and why they create such a dangerous fire risk.

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