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UC Riverside scientists have solved a 20-year-old genetics puzzle that could result in ways to protect wheat, barley, and other crops from a devastating infection. Ayala Rao, professor of plant pathology and microbiology, has been studying Brome Mosaic virus for decades. Unlike some viruses, the genetic material of this virus...

The Paleo-Agulhas Plain had diverse, verdant ecosystems and abundant game

UC Riverside-led study identifies role played by an immune signaling molecule in regulating memory function in the normal and injured brain

UCR’s community garden delivers fresh fruit and vegetables to students who remain on campus.

First survey of California’s bees in 50 years will look for effects of habitat destruction

Though “murder hornets” are dominating recent headlines, there are no Asian Giant Hornets currently known to be living in the U.S. or Canada, according to UC Riverside Entomology Research Museum Senior Scientist Doug Yanega.

Native bees that boost food crops are in decline but changing fire management policies could help them. Most flowering plant farms employ honeybees, a non-native species originally imported from Europe and managed by beekeepers. However, research shows that farms surrounded by natural bee habitat have higher crop yields. UC Riverside...

One of humanity’s oldest creations is the most powerful weapon against the coronavirus

Though no proven treatment for COVID-19 currently exists, UC Riverside virologist Juliet Morrison feels there’s a good chance one will emerge. Morrison, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, investigates the science behind promising avenues for new antiviral therapies. She explains what those are and weighs...

UC Riverside physicists demonstrate “self-interacting dark matter” model can be tested using astronomical observations of Draco and Fornax

Physicists’ discovery could lead to a new family of materials for robust qubits in quantum computing

The daily 1 p.m. Zoom call has become a lifeline for a team of UC Riverside students and their project scientist. Sometimes the call focuses on data, driven by the greenhouse emissions research they are conducting for Francesca Hopkins, assistant professor of climate change and sustainability. Other times, they talk...

Phytochrome foci have different behaviors at different temperatures and types of light

A wormlike creature that lived more than 555 million years ago is the earliest bilaterian

UC Riverside mouse study provides insights into how pathological fear memory in PTSD could be suppressed

Over the past few years, biochemist John Jefferson Perry at the University of California, Riverside, has collaborated on a number of projects with Atomwise Inc., a company that uses artificial intelligence, or AI, for drug discovery. Now Perry and the company have formed a joint venture called Theia Biosciences. Perry’s...

Domestication yielded bigger crops often at the expense of plant microbiomes

UC Riverside-led study could inform the design of engineered nano-shells used in drug delivery

UC Riverside will lead collaborative effort at developing scalable quantum computers

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