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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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Turning awareness into action

Alum author Kate Schatz moves to show adults what they can do to combat racism.
UC Berkeley |

New inhaled COVID-19 therapeutic blocks viral replication in the lungs

The experimental treatment is effective against all SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and could be readily modified to target other RNA viruses.
UC San Francisco |

Reprogramming the brain’s cleaning crew to mop up Alzheimer’s disease

New CRISPR technology puts diseased microglia back on track.
UC Irvine |

When was talking invented? A language scientist explains how this unique feature of human beings may have evolved

A language scientist explains that talking was never invented but has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years.

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