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Self-interacting dark matter may solve three cosmic puzzles

Iqbal Pittalwala — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0700

Findings point to SIDM as a promising candidate for explaining small-scale cosmic structure

James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details about dark matter in the universe

UCR News — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0800

Findings allow scientists to learn more about dark matter’s influence on stars, galaxies, and planets

New adaptive optics to support gravitational-wave discoveries

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0700

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

How viruses build perfectly symmetrical protective shells

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0700

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.

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

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0700

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

How to build larger, more reliable quantum computers

Iqbal Pittalwala — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside scientists link multiple quantum chips to grow quantum systems

Using exoplanets to study dark matter

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0700

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 tools to investigate dark matter.

The universe’s baby pictures just got clearer

Iqbal Pittalwala — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700

UCR physicist a key member of international collaboration that produced the images

Advancing antiferromagnetic spintronics for next-gen memory and computing

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700

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

New technology enhances gravitational-wave detection

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0800

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

New diagnostic tool will help LIGO hunt gravitational waves

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0800

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

Unconventional interface superconductor could benefit quantum computing

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700

New material developed by UC Riverside-led team offers promise for developing more scalable and reliable quantum computing components

New astrophysics research supports the existence of an unknown influence

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700

UC Riverside astrophysicists measured distribution of matter in the universe using neutral hydrogen

With spin centers, quantum computing takes a step forward

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0700

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

Making ferromagnets ready for ultra-fast communication and computation technology

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0700

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

Physicists solve puzzle about ancient galaxy found by Webb telescope

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0700

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

New center positions UC Riverside as a leader in quantum vibronics

Iqbal Pittalwala — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0700

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

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

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0800

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

Supercomputer enables illustration of large-scale structure of universe

Iqbal Pittalwala — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0800

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

Bringing virtual reality to nuclear and particle physics

Iqbal Pittalwala — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0800

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