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polar bear on ice

Slowing ocean current could ease Arctic warming - a little

The Arctic is warming at three to four times the global average. However, new research suggests the slowing of a key ocean current could reduce projected Arctic warming by up to 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.

By Jules Bernstein | October 25, 2024 | Science / Technology
Graduate students

UC Riverside receives seven grants totaling $7M for graduate education

GAANN fellowships from the Department of Education will support students pursuing research in areas of national need

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 15, 2024 | Science / Technology
Tropical cream

How your skin tone could affect your meds

Perspective paper offers insights into impact of skin pigmentation on drug efficacy and safety

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 10, 2024 | Science / Technology, Health
plastic bottles

Airborne plastic chemical levels shock researchers

Southern Californians are chronically being exposed to toxic airborne chemicals called plasticizers, including one that’s been banned from children’s items and beauty products.

By Jules Bernstein | October 1, 2024 | Science / Technology
Karine Le Roch and her research team

Scientists design new drug to fight malaria

In 2022, nearly 619,000 global deaths due to malaria were caused by Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent, prevalent, and deadly human malaria parasite. For decades, the parasite’s resistance to all antimalarial drugs has posed a big challenge for researchers working to stop the spread of the disease. A team led...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 26, 2024 | Science / Technology, Health
Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert dust is helping oceans thrive

Iron is a micronutrient indispensable for life, enabling processes such as respiration, photosynthesis, and DNA synthesis. Iron availability is often a limiting resource in today’s oceans, which means that increasing the flow of iron into them can increase the amount of carbon fixed by phytoplankton, with consequences for the global...

By UCR News | September 26, 2024 | Science / Technology
A beach

New data science tool greatly speeds up molecular analysis of our environment

UC Riverside-led team developed the tool through an international virtual research group

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 20, 2024 | Science / Technology
scientist injecting plant

Stopping plants from passing viruses to their progeny

Scientists have learned how plants keep viruses from being passed to their offspring, a finding that could ensure healthier crops. The discovery could also help reduce the transmission of diseases from mothers to human children.

By Jules Bernstein | September 19, 2024 | Science / Technology
cheers with beer

Century-old experiment secures beer and whiskey’s future

Thanks to an experiment started before the Great Depression, researchers have pinpointed the genes behind the remarkable adaptability of barley, a key ingredient in beer and whiskey. These insights could ensure the crop’s continued survival amidst rapid climate change.

By Jules Bernstein | September 11, 2024 | Science / Technology
Smoke above UCR campus

Q&A: What, exactly, is going up in flames?

Several Southern California communities are being hit with smoke from the huge Line Fire in the San Bernardino Mountains. UC Riverside experts on environmental pollution describe what we’re breathing.

By Jules Bernstein and David Danelski | September 10, 2024 | Science / Technology
bees

A $1.2 million Rosetta stone for honeybees

If you upset one bee, what determines whether the entire hive decides to avenge her grievance? A $1.2 million grant will support UC Riverside scientists in answering questions like these about how honeybees communicate.

By Jules Bernstein | September 5, 2024 | Science / Technology
wilted sunflower

What 106-degree heat does to plants

Three UC Riverside faculty experts weigh in on how the extreme summer heat affects our flora.

By Jules Bernstein | September 5, 2024 | Science / Technology, Experts

Unconventional interface superconductor could benefit quantum computing

New material developed by UC Riverside-led team offers promise for developing more scalable and reliable quantum computing components

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 23, 2024 | Science / Technology
happy exerciser

Cutting a few calories won’t hurt your workout

A new UC Riverside study demonstrates that calorie restriction doesn’t deter mice from exercising, challenging the belief that dieting drains workout energy.

By Jules Bernstein | August 8, 2024 | Science / Technology
purple long beans growing

Protecting popular beans from bad bugs

Climate resilient, nutritious long beans are unfortunately susceptible to aphids and nematodes. By creating four new pest-resistant varieties of the beans, scientists aim to reduce farmers’ reliance on pesticides.

By Jules Bernstein | August 6, 2024 | Science / Technology

Prestigious NIH award will advance brain research at UCR

Viji Santhakumar is the first recipient on campus of the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 29, 2024 | Science / Technology
Path of the Lyman alpha forest sightline

New astrophysics research supports the existence of an unknown influence

UC Riverside astrophysicists measured distribution of matter in the universe using neutral hydrogen

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 26, 2024 | Science / Technology
irrigation pump

Parched Central Valley farms depend on Sierras for groundwater 

New research shows that California’s Central Valley, known as America’s breadbasket, gets as much as half of its groundwater from the Sierra Nevadas. This is significant for a farming region that, in some parts, relies almost entirely on groundwater for irrigation.

By Jules Bernstein | July 25, 2024 | Science / Technology
Digital gaming on vaping devices

Digital games on vaping devices could lure more youth to nicotine addiction

Like other smart devices, smart vapes have high-definition animated displays

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 22, 2024 | Health

Cage-free chickens are louse-y

Lice have been found feeding on the skin and blood of free-range chickens, which are infected at much higher rates than caged flocks.

By Jules Bernstein | July 17, 2024 | Science / Technology
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