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NASA TESS-Keck exoplanet catalog

International planet hunters unveil massive catalog of strange worlds

A NASA catalog featuring 126 exotic, newly discovered worlds includes detailed measurements that allow for comparisons with our own solar system.

By Jules Bernstein | May 23, 2024 | Science / Technology
fruit flies

Fruit fly wing research offers window into birth defects

If fruit fly wings do not develop into the right shape, the flies will die. UC Riverside researchers have learned how fly embryo cells develop as they need to, opening a window into human development and possible treatments for birth defects.

By Jules Bernstein | May 17, 2024 | Science / Technology
Molten planet near star

Squeezed by neighbors, planet glows with molten lava

UC Riverside astrophysicist Stephen Kane had to double check his calculations. He wasn’t sure the planet he was studying could be as extreme as it seemed. He saw a planet in this faraway star system covered with so many active volcanoes that seen from a distance it would take on...

By Jules Bernstein | May 9, 2024 | Science / Technology
dehydrated sunflower

Free-forming organelles help plants adapt to climate change

Plants’ ability to sense light and temperature, and their ability to adapt to climate change, hinges on free-forming structures in their cells whose function was, until now, a mystery.

By Jules Bernstein | May 7, 2024 | Science / Technology
Hycean world view

Webb telescope probably didn’t find life on an exoplanet — yet

Recent reports of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope finding signs of life on a distant planet understandably sparked excitement. A new study challenges this finding, but also outlines how the telescope might verify the presence of the life-produced gas.

By Jules Bernstein | May 2, 2024 | Science / Technology
worried dog

Study reveals cancer vulnerabilities in popular dog breeds 

Medium-sized dogs have a higher risk of developing cancer than the very largest or smallest breeds, according to a UC Riverside study.

By Jules Bernstein | April 29, 2024 | Science / Technology
This image is a composite of data from NASA’s Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter

To find life in the universe, look to deadly Venus

Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of sulfuric acid, uninhabitable Venus offers vital lessons about the potential for life on other planets, a new paper argues.

By Jules Bernstein | April 22, 2024 | Science / Technology
scientist examining plant roots

Solving antibiotic and pesticide resistance with infectious worms

To study how parasites evolve to break the defenses of their hosts, the National Institutes of Health has granted UC Riverside nematologist Simon “Niels” Groen a $1.9 million Outstanding Investigator Award.

By Jules Bernstein | April 18, 2024 | Science / Technology
firefighter and wildfire

CO2 worsens wildfires by helping plants grow

By fueling the growth of plants that become kindling, carbon dioxide is driving an increase in the severity and frequency of wildfires, according to a UC Riverside study.

By Jules Bernstein | April 17, 2024 | Science / Technology
vaccine

Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains

Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.

By Jules Bernstein | April 15, 2024 | Science / Technology
JWST-ER1g

Physicists solve puzzle about ancient galaxy found by Webb telescope

UC Riverside study offers an explanation for dark matter distribution in a massive quiescent galaxy

By Iqbal Pittalwala | April 12, 2024 | Science / Technology
seismic activity

An earthquake in New Jersey?

University of California, Riverside seismologist Abhijit Ghosh, who studies earthquake physics, explains New Jersey's unusual earthquake.

By Jules Bernstein | April 5, 2024 | Science / Technology
endangered golden frog

Discovery could end global amphibian pandemic

A fungus devastating frogs and toads on nearly every continent may have an Achilles heel. Scientists have discovered a virus that infects the fungus, and that could be engineered to save the amphibians.

By Jules Bernstein | April 3, 2024 | Science / Technology
An artistic illustration showing a warming planet Earth and a thermometer.

Better math adds up to trillions in climate-related savings

A new study greatly reduces uncertainty in climate change predictions, a move economists say could save the world trillions in adaptations for a hotter future.

By Jules Bernstein | March 28, 2024 | Science / Technology
ant queen

Researchers Solve the Mystery of Tiny Ant Queens

Researchers at UC Riverside discovered how supergenes control the origin and duplication of petite ant queens.

By Stacy Kish | March 28, 2024 | Science / Technology
Vivek Aji and Nathaniel Gabor

New center positions UC Riverside as a leader in quantum vibronics

QuVet is funded by a $7.5M grant from the Department of Defense

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 22, 2024 | Science / Technology
River pup

Dog-killing flatworm discovered in Southern California

UC Riverside scientists confirm, for the first time, that a potentially fatal dog parasite is present in a portion of the Colorado River that runs through California.

By Jules Bernstein | March 14, 2024 | Science / Technology
Ernst and Helen Leibacher - This photo is Courtesy of John Leibacher

Empowering scientific advancements

Ernst and Helen Leibacher's donation of land to UCR fund the establishment of an endowed chair in botany and plant sciences.

By Devlin Smith | March 1, 2024 | University
Coronavirus

How the SARS-CoV-2 virus acquires its spherical shape

UC Riverside-led study findings can help tackle other pathogenic coronaviruses

By Iqbal Pittalwala | February 28, 2024 | Science / Technology
Woman smelling essential oil

Sniffing our way to better health

New scent-based therapy can delay disease; has implications also for agricultural production

By Iqbal Pittalwala | February 27, 2024 | Science / Technology, Health
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