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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 Riverside |
How does traumatic brain injury progress to Alzheimer’s disease?
An NIH grant to UC Riverside and Indiana University will explore the question.
UC Santa Barbara |
Big sharks have a big impact — and a big problem
A new study shows how sharks are the straw that stirs the big drink — and that the species most affected by fishing are also the most important for healthy oceans.
UC Merced |
Fulbright award sends physics grad student to France for quantum research
UC Merced doctoral candidate Arabi Seshappan was selected for the Fulbright-Université Paris-Saclay Doctoral Research Award, which is only granted to three U.S. students each year.
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Los Alamos machine learning model takes a big step forward in predicting earthquakes
Scientists used powerful modeling software to find patterns in the continuous seismic waveforms during a series of stick-slip, magnitude-5 earthquakes.
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