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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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Silhouetted office workers replaced by computer code.
UC Santa Cruz |

AI use in the workforce: Ensuring equitable technological transitions

Chris Benner’s research takes clues from prior technological transitions to understand what workplace changes are possible with AI beyond job replacement or increased productivity.
MRI photo of mouse's beating heart
UC San Diego |

Could gene therapy treat a deadly heart condition that targets young athletes?

Restoring a single heart protein shows promise for improving multiple forms of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.
The table of contents from Mona May's book, “The Fashion of Clueless”
UC Santa Barbara |

How ‘Clueless’ used costumes to create its characters

The looks created for the film helped define a generation and solidified fashion as a key character in the story.
An illustration of a busy intersection in a major city lit up by digital billboards, where a hand holds a computer chip in a pair of tweezers. Rays of light coming out of the chip connect to a building marked "AI data center" and to vehicles and digital devices being carried by pedestrians.
UC Irvine |

Engineers invent wireless transceiver rivaling fiber-optic speed

Silicon chips operate in F-band spectrum, enabling ultrafast data transmission.

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