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Fledgling planets discovered around a newly formed star

With an arsenal of advanced technology, scientists have found a multi-planet star system that provides a rare insight into the way planets form and behave around a young star.

By Jules Bernstein | January 29, 2024 | Science / Technology
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The Megalodon was less mega than previously believed

A new study shows the Megalodon, a gigantic shark that went extinct 3.6 million years ago, was significantly more slender than earlier studies suggested.

By Jules Bernstein | January 21, 2024 | Science / Technology
plant and cell cross section

Keys to aging hidden in the leaves

Scientists have known about a particular organelle in plant cells for over a century. However, UCR scientists have only now discovered that organelle’s key role in aging.

By Jules Bernstein | January 17, 2024 | Science / Technology
Morris Maduro and Gina Broitman-Maduro

The early bird (or scientist) gets the worm

UC Riverside research on nematodes secures $1.3M NSF funding

By Iqbal Pittalwala | January 12, 2024 | Science / Technology
Computer haking

UCR outs security flaw in AI query models

UC Riverside computer scientists have identified a security flaw in vision language artificial intelligence (AI) models that can allow bad actors to use AI for nefarious purposes, such as obtaining instructions on how to make bomb. When integrated with models like Google Bard and Chat GPT, vision language models allow...

By David Danelski | January 9, 2024 | Science / Technology
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Scientists tame chaotic protein fueling 75% of cancers

Meet MYC, the shapeless protein responsible for making the majority of human cancer cases worse. UC Riverside researchers have found a way to rein it in, offering hope for a new era of treatments.

By Jules Bernstein | January 4, 2024 | Science / Technology
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UC Riverside helps attract high tech companies to the Inland Empire

Since its establishment, UC Riverside’s OASIS initiative has been developing public-private partnerships to drive economic growth in the Inland Empire region. Those efforts are paying off, with a recent announcement that the New Zealand company Ohmio, an all-electric autonomous shuttle company, will establish its international headquarters in Riverside and manufacture...

By Sarah Nightingale | January 3, 2024 | Science / Technology
high fat foods

New reasons eating less fat should be one of your resolutions

A UC Riverside study to motivate your new year’s resolutions: high-fat diets may impair genes linked not only to obesity, colon cancer and irritable bowels, but also to the immune system, brain function, and potentially COVID-19 risk.

By Jules Bernstein | January 3, 2024 | Science / Technology
gray mold on strawberries

Discovery: plants use “trojan horse” to fight mold invasions 

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a stealth molecular weapon that plants use to attack the cells of invading gray mold.

By Jules Bernstein | December 20, 2023 | 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
tray of citrus

UCR wages $11+ million war against citrus greening disease

With three new grants totaling more than $11 million, UC Riverside is helping lead the fight against citrus greening or Huanglongbing, a disease threatening citrus industries in the U.S. and worldwide.

By Jules Bernstein | December 19, 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
Gravitational len system

New dark matter theory explains two puzzles in astrophysics

Dark matter may be more vibrant than previously thought, UC Riverside study reports

By Iqbal Pittalwala | December 6, 2023 | Science / Technology
Beverly Hills

Money to burn: wealthy, white neighborhoods losing their heat shields

A new study shows the protective effect of income has largely eroded over the past 40 years, as landscape plants can’t keep up with the pace of climate warming.

By Jules Bernstein | November 30, 2023 | Science / Technology
Mink

Findings challenge standard understanding of COVID-19 infection

UC Riverside research can help scientists develop methods to prevent COVID-19 in mink and other species

By Iqbal Pittalwala | November 29, 2023 | Science / Technology
Oriental fruit fly closeup

One of the world’s worst pests attacks California

One of the world’s worst pests is infesting crops all over California. There are seven active quarantines spanning the length of the state, but experts say those affecting San Bernardino and Riverside counties are especially serious.

By Jules Bernstein | November 21, 2023 | Science / Technology
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Trilobites rise from the ashes to reveal ancient map

UC Riverside geologists discovered 10 new species of trilobites hidden for 490 million years in a little-studied part of Thailand. They could be the missing pieces in an intricate puzzle of ancient world geography.

By Jules Bernstein | November 20, 2023 | Science / Technology
Artistic representation of the spiral barred galaxy ceers-2112

Milky Way-like galaxy found in the early universe

Research team, including a UC Riverside astronomer, made the discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope

By Iqbal Pittalwala | November 9, 2023 | Science / Technology
brain scans

Scientists tame biological trigger of deadly Huntington’s disease

Huntington’s disease causes dementia, has no cure, and is fatal. UC Riverside scientists show they can slow its progression in flies and worms, opening the door to human treatments.

By Jules Bernstein | November 8, 2023 | Science / Technology
electric vehicle with lithium battery

Grant powers regional lithium mining hub as shortage looms

Those working to establish a sustainable lithium mining industry in Southern California have gotten a surge of support with a new grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration.

By Jules Bernstein | November 7, 2023 | Science / Technology
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