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Planet Earth, from space.

Early opaque universe linked to galaxy scarcity

Team led by UC Riverside astronomer George Becker used the Subaru telescope to make the discovery

By Iqbal Pittalwala | August 14, 2018 | Science / Technology

Omega centauri unlikely to harbor life

Close encounters between stars in the Milky Way’s largest globular cluster leave little room for habitable planetary systems

By Sarah Nightingale | August 9, 2018 | Science / Technology

Scientists honored by American Geophysical Union

Marilyn Fogel and Timothy Lyons will be honored as new fellows during December meeting

By Sarah Nightingale | August 9, 2018 | Science / Technology
a photo of a pea plant that is native to California.

Top-performing soil microbes could be key to sustainable agriculture

UCR research will help agronomists breed plants that attract their own growth-promoting microbes

By Sarah Nightingale | August 7, 2018 | Science / Technology
Mosquito

Researchers to Target Mosquito Egg Production to Curtail Disease

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Entomologists at the University of California, Riverside have received a five-year grant of $2.44 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, to investigate the role hormones play in the female mosquito’s ability to use human blood for egg production. Vector mosquitoes need...

By Iqbal Pittalwala | July 13, 2018 | Health, Science / Technology

Nobel Prize winner to join UC Riverside faculty

UCR alumnus and renowned scholar Richard Schrock will share pioneering science with faculty and students

By Sarah Nightingale | July 2, 2018 | Science / Technology
women coding

New data science major promotes diversity in high-tech

Program will build new educational pathways in computing or technology for students, especially women, who otherwise would not study these subjects in college

By Holly Ober | June 28, 2018 | Science / Technology
Planet Earth, from space.

UCR team among scientists developing guidebook for finding life beyond earth

Major series of review articles outlines past, present, and future of searching for life on other planets

By Sarah Nightingale | June 25, 2018 | Science / Technology

Chemist receives Department of Energy award

Early Career Research Program award will support Ming Lee Tang’s research on developing hybrid organic-inorganic materials

By Sarah Nightingale | June 22, 2018 | Science / Technology
A photo of fossils

Two new creatures discovered from dawn of animal life

Names of recently discovered Ediacaran era fossil animals honor President Barack Obama and Sir David Attenborough

By Sarah Nightingale | June 18, 2018 | Science / Technology
Photo of bumble bee

Environmental threats put bumblebee queens under pressure

Insecticide exposure and declining floral diversity are jeopardizing key pollinator group

By Sarah Nightingale | June 13, 2018 | Science / Technology
Illustration of scorpion and spider fighting

Scorpions outdo spiders as scary creatures

Although spider fear is one of the most common and well-studied phobias, UCR-led study shows people are more afraid of scorpions

By Sarah Nightingale | June 13, 2018 | Science / Technology
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Ten UC Riverside professors receive NSF CAREER awards

The awards support early career leaders in research and education

By Holly Ober | June 1, 2018 | Science / Technology
An artist’s illustration of a potentially habitable exomoon orbiting a giant planet in a distant solar system. NASA GSFC: Jay Friedlander and Britt Griswold

Distant moons may harbor life

UCR researchers have identified 121 giant planets that may have habitable moons

By Sarah Nightingale | May 30, 2018 | Science / Technology
Acyrthosiphon pisum

How do insects survive on a sugary diet?

Study offers clues to how aphids capitalize on relationship with beneficial bacteria through changes in gene expression linked to DNA methylation

By Sarah Nightingale | May 24, 2018 | Science / Technology
Rotten strawberry

Battling bubbles: How plants protect themselves from killer fungus

UCR researchers show how plants fight against infections by delivering protective molecules into fungi using bubble-like exosomes

By Sarah Nightingale | May 17, 2018 | Science / Technology

Search for life beyond the solar system topic of faculty research lecture

Timothy Lyons will deliver the 66th annual lecture at UC Riverside

By Sarah Nightingale | May 16, 2018 | Science / Technology
exomoon orbiting planet

Atmospheric seasons could signal alien life

UCR researchers are using seasonal changes in the Earth’s atmosphere to guide their search for life outside the solar system

By Sarah Nightingale | May 9, 2018 | Science / Technology

UCR scientist rediscovers insect lost for 105 years

Little is known about elusive beetle species, despite role in wildflower pollination

By Sarah Nightingale | May 3, 2018 | Science / Technology

UCR plant cell biologist elected to National Academy of Sciences

Sean Cutler becomes ninth UC Riverside faculty member elected to the prestigious academy

By Sarah Nightingale | May 1, 2018 | Science / Technology
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