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Students disassemble an instrument

New adaptive optics to support gravitational-wave discoveries

UCR-developed technology will allow scientists to peer deeper into the universe

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 26, 2025 | Science / Technology
Icosahedron virus

How viruses build perfectly symmetrical protective shells

Research led by a physicist at the University of California, Riverside, shows how viruses form protective shells, or capsids, around their genomes — a process that, while messy and complex, consistently results in highly symmetrical icosahedral structures. A genome is the complete set of genetic material in an organism. For...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 24, 2025 | Science / Technology
LARC team

UCR physicist co-leads interdisciplinary center to enhance understanding of the universe

Research team includes astrophysicists, computer scientists, artists, and philosophers from UC Riverside, USC, and Carnegie Observatories

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 16, 2025 | Science / Technology

How to build larger, more reliable quantum computers

UC Riverside scientists link multiple quantum chips to grow quantum systems

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 25, 2025 | Science / Technology
Exoplanets

Using exoplanets to study dark matter

More than 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, allowing scientists to explore planetary evolution and consider the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Now, a UC Riverside study published in Physical Review D suggests that exoplanets, which are planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, could also serve as...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 21, 2025 | Science / Technology
Abstract depiction of quantum engagement at the atomic level.

Innovation is a golden opportunity for quantum computing

Peng Wei, an associate professor of physics at UC Riverside, has filed for a U.S. patent on a novel process that enhances the performance of quantum computers by coating niobium metal superconductor surfaces with an ultra-thin layer of gold.

By David Danelski | July 29, 2025 | Science / Technology
Universe

Decades-old mystery of AlCl dipole moment resolved

Study paves way for advances in astrophysics and quantum technology

By Iqbal Pittalwala | June 11, 2025 | Science / Technology
Jing Shi standing in front of white board

Advancing antiferromagnetic spintronics for next-gen memory and computing

UC Riverside receives $4M from UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 12, 2025 | Science / Technology
Students disassemble an instrument

New technology enhances gravitational-wave detection

Instrument developed at UC Riverside will help answer fundamental questions in physics and cosmology

By Iqbal Pittalwala | February 14, 2025 | Science / Technology
LIGO Livingston

New diagnostic tool will help LIGO hunt gravitational waves

Machine learning tool developed by UCR researchers will help answer fundamental questions about the universe

By Iqbal Pittalwala | January 30, 2025 | Science / Technology
GD-1 stellar stream and Milky Way

Physicists explain a stellar stream’s distinctive features

Spur and gap features seen in Milky Way’s GD-1 stellar stream could be caused by self-interacting dark matter subhalo

By Iqbal Pittalwala | January 6, 2025 | Science / Technology

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
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

With spin centers, quantum computing takes a step forward

New devices could help find more efficient ways of storing and transferring information

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 11, 2024 | Science / Technology
Big data connection technology

Making ferromagnets ready for ultra-fast communication and computation technology

UC Riverside-led research has potential to unlock terahertz processing power

By Iqbal Pittalwala | June 13, 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
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
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
Frontera

Supercomputer enables illustration of large-scale structure of universe

UC Riverside physicist helped develop PRIYA, a new cosmological simulation model

By Iqbal Pittalwala | December 20, 2023 | Science / Technology
A young student uses virtual reality

Bringing virtual reality to nuclear and particle physics

VR tool developed by UC Riverside graduate student promises to serve an important purpose in education and research

By Iqbal Pittalwala | December 14, 2023 | Science / Technology
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