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Using physics to explain the transmission effects of different SARS-CoV-2 mutations

UC Riverside-led team develops new computational method that applies techniques from statistical physics mathematical models in epidemiology
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Science / Technology, Health

Veteran and community college transfer student heads to UCLA for graduate studies

When he joined the U.S. Navy in 2010, Mychal Valle didn’t think he would ever return to school. After all, he got to work on new radar technologies in the navy and got recognized for writing technical manuals. But by the time he left the navy in 2016, Valle’s service...
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Students

New method identifies adaptive mutations in complex evolving populations

UC Riverside study focused on how HIV mutates to escape the immune system
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Science / Technology

NIH grant to physicist focuses on how pathogens evolve

Research could lead to the design of new and better treatments to fight disease
By Iqbal Pittalwala | | Science / Technology