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CAMP 2020 scholars during their virtual presentation on Thursday, May 28, 2020. (UCR)

COVID-19: Some faculty-student teams figured out how to continue their research

In the midst of the pandemic, faculty mentored research projects are being supported through CAMP.

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | June 1, 2020 | Students

Scientists to study how lungs respond to worm infections

Research supported by five-year NIH grant may have relevance for COVID-19 patients

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 21, 2020 | Health
Shrubs in New Mexico

Shrub encroachment on grasslands can increase groundwater recharge

Vegetation changes can outweigh climate change in rangeland water budgets

By Holly Ober | May 15, 2020 | Science / Technology

Observation of intervalley transitions can boost valleytronic science and technology

An international research team led by scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has observed light emission from a new type of transition between electronic valleys, known as intervalley transmissions. The research provides a new way to read out valley information, potentially leading to new types of devices. Current semiconductor...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 14, 2020 | Science / Technology
An artist's rendering by Maggie Newman of what life was like for early humans on the Paleo-Agulhas Plain.

Early humans thrived in this drowned South African landscape

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

By Holly Ober | May 14, 2020 | Science / Technology

Study shows how memory function could be preserved after brain injury

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

By Iqbal Pittalwala | May 12, 2020 | Science / Technology
A native California bee on a desert dandelion

Does urbanization homogenize regional biodiversity in native bees?

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

By Holly Ober | May 11, 2020 | Science / Technology
Dissertation Soap

Pandemic brings brisk business to UC Riverside alumna’s soap company

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

By Holly Ober | April 28, 2020 | Students, Business, Science / Technology

Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way help test dark matter theory

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

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 15, 2020 | Science / Technology

First sighting of mysterious Majorana fermion on a common metal

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

By UCR News | April 10, 2020 | Science / Technology
Graduate students remain connected via Zoom. (UCR)

1 (p.m.) is not the loneliest number 

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...

By Sandra Baltazar Martínez | April 9, 2020 | Students
grass in the shade

Study identifies new temperature sensing mechanism in plants

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

By Holly Ober | April 3, 2020 | Science / Technology
artists rendering of ikaria wariootia

Ancestor of all animals identified in Australian fossils

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

By Holly Ober | March 23, 2020 | Science / Technology
corn roots in the ground

Some domesticated plants ignore beneficial soil microbes

Domestication yielded bigger crops often at the expense of plant microbiomes

By Holly Ober | March 10, 2020 | Science / Technology

Quantum leap for quantum computing

UC Riverside will lead collaborative effort at developing scalable quantum computers

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 5, 2020 | Science / Technology
A Halictus ligatus sweat bee feeding on a flower, marked with a blue dot by researchers

Flower faithful native bee makes a reliable pollinator

Just like us, the humble sweat bee has a daily routine

By Holly Ober | March 4, 2020 | Science / Technology
Viji Santhakumar

Early intervention following traumatic brain injury reduces epilepsy risk

UC Riverside-led rat study finds an immune receptor in the hippocampus is responsible for the onset of the disease after brain injuries

By Iqbal Pittalwala | February 27, 2020 | Science / Technology, Health

Sugar-poor diets wreak havoc on bumblebee queens’ health

UC Riverside study shows that without adequate sugar, a bumblebee queen’s fat body, which functions like a human liver, does not correctly produce enzymes required for healthy metabolism and detoxification from pesticides.

By Jules Bernstein | February 27, 2020 | Science / Technology

E-cigarette users are exposed to potentially harmful levels of metal linked to DNA damage

Zinc excess in the body correlates with oxidative stress

By Iqbal Pittalwala | February 20, 2020 | Science / Technology, Health

New research shows how the malaria parasite grows and multiplies

Study co-led by UC Riverside scientist could help develop strategies to combat the disease

By UCR News | February 11, 2020 | Science / Technology, Health
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