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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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First-ever sighting of a live newborn great white

The footage may help solve a long-standing mystery in shark science.
UC Irvine |

‘You Are What You Eat’: How a nutritional study made it to the Netflix screen

Researcher and dietitian Dr. Matt Landry served as first author on a study that made its way to a new documentary.
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego composer Anthony Davis inducted into the Opera Hall of Fame

A Pulitzer prize-winning musician who has written eight operas thus far, Davis is unafraid to spotlight some of society’s most pervasive problems in the form.
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How three UC campuses are phasing out fossil fuels

This year every UC campus will publish a plan for eliminating carbon emissions and transitioning to renewable energy by 2045, and three campuses — Berkeley, Davis and Santa Cruz — are on track to decarbonize ahead of schedule.

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