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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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UCLA |

‘Night and day’: Adventuring through childhood with newfound immune systems, thanks to newly FDA-approved therapy

After years of hospital stays, these kids are thriving thanks to a gene therapy that just earned accelerated FDA approval.
A small robot with wheels and a watering extension travels beneath a lemon tree
UC Riverside |

‘More crop per drop’: New UC Riverside irrigation robot is adorable — and revolutionary

UC Riverside has developed a modern-day robotic divining rod.
A hand is extended while another hand holds a blood pressure monitor with readings on it
UC San Francisco |

Innovative UC Health tool leads to better blood pressure control

‘These are real Californians who didn’t end up in an emergency room, didn’t have a disability, didn’t lose time with their families.’
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UC San Diego |

NIH awards $15.8 million to University of California for study of Latino brain health

A multisite study led by UC San Diego and UC Davis will examine changes in brain imaging, blood biomarkers and cognition over time in Latino and Hispanic people.

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