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Why are plants green?

UC Riverside-led research team’s model to explain photosynthesis lays out the next challenging phase of research on how green plants transform light energy into chemical energy

By Iqbal Pittalwala | June 25, 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

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

How a virus forms its symmetric shells

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

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 9, 2020 | Science / Technology, Health

Quantum leap for quantum computing

UC Riverside will lead collaborative effort at developing scalable quantum computers

By Iqbal Pittalwala | March 5, 2020 | Science / Technology

Astronomers discover unusual monster galaxy in the very early universe

XMM-2599 lived fast and died young, says UC Riverside-led international team

By Iqbal Pittalwala | February 5, 2020 | Science / Technology
Researcher Jing Shi stands in front of white board

Detection of very high frequency magnetic resonance could revolutionize electronics

UC Riverside-led research has applications in ultrafast and spin-based nanoscale devices

By Iqbal Pittalwala | January 27, 2020 | Science / Technology

Gamma-ray laser moves a step closer to reality

Calculations by UC Riverside’s Allen Mills predict metastable positronium bubbles in liquid helium

By Iqbal Pittalwala | December 5, 2019 | Science / Technology

Simple experiment explains magnetic resonance

UC Riverside physics students design a table-top experiment for the classroom

By Iqbal Pittalwala | December 5, 2019 | Science / Technology

New research finding gives valleytronics a boost

UC Riverside-led team overcomes a stumbling block in this relatively new technology

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 28, 2019 | Science / Technology
Physicist Igor Barsukov is an assistant professor at UC Riverside.

Small magnets reveal big secrets

Work by international research team could have wide-ranging impact on information technology applications

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 24, 2019 | Science / Technology

Black holes stunt growth of dwarf galaxies

UC Riverside astronomers find large-scale winds associated with active black holes in small galaxies suppress star formation

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 11, 2019 | Science / Technology

The Milky Way kidnapped several tiny galaxies from its neighbor

UC Riverside-led research shows our galaxy is undergoing a massive merger with its largest satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud

By Iqbal Pittalwala | October 10, 2019 | Science / Technology
UCR astronomers Remington Sexton (left), Christina Manzano-King (center), and Gabriela Canalizo. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Astronomers discover triplet of black holes on collision course

Unique expertise of UC Riverside scientists helped make the discovery

By Iqbal Pittalwala | September 26, 2019 | Science / Technology

Out of this world: An alumna’s dream comes true

Brittany Seto ’16, who studied computer science at UC Riverside, interned at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where a record number of UCR undergraduates are spending the summer

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 6, 2019 | Science / Technology, Students

Grant to physicist gives study of strongly interacting systems a boost

A physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has received a grant of about $523,000 from the U.S. Department of Energy to study the possible emergent behavior of “strongly interacting systems,” an important area of focus in solid-state physics. Specifically, when the repulsive Coulomb force between electrons in a solid...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 30, 2019 | Science / Technology

Physicists’ finding could revolutionize information transmission

UC Riverside-led team identifies dark trions as the next carrier of quantum information

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 9, 2019 | Science / Technology

Campus to celebrate 50th anniversary of historic Moon landing

Free event at UC Riverside includes hands-on activities, lecture, and telescope viewings

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 8, 2019 | Science / Technology

New material shows high potential for quantum computing

Research by UC Riverside-MIT team focuses on quantum phenomena in gold

By Iqbal Pittalwala | June 28, 2019 | Science / Technology
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