Novel color photography using a high-efficiency probe can super-focus white light into a 6-nanometer spot for nanoscale color imaging. Scientists have developed new materials for…
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A little-known species of tropical bee has evolved an extra tooth for biting flesh and a gut that more closely resembles that of vultures rather…
Timelapse of alfalfa sprouts growing (including roots and leaves) to represent fast plant growth. Molecule masterminds elaborate growth process. A team of researchers led by…
Seeds that would otherwise lie dormant will spring to life with the aid of a new chemical discovered by a UC Riverside-led team. Plants have…
On the left, one of the ultra-diffuse galaxies that was analyzed in the simulation. On the right, the image of the DF2 galaxy, which is…
An alfalfa leafcutter bee, the type used by UC Riverside scientists to study the effects of pesticide and water levels. Credit: David Rankin/UCR For the…
A catalyst that destroys perchlorate in water could clean Martian soil. A team led by University of California Riverside engineers has developed a catalyst to remove…
UC Riverside dark matter research program targets assumptions about particle physics. As its name suggests, dark matter — material which makes up about 85% of…
Scientists characterize previously unknown gut reactions. Strictly speaking, humans cannot digest complex carbohydrates — that’s the job of bacteria in our large intestines. UC Riverside…
Illustration of the chemical “nose” sensing a G-quadruplex structure. Credit: Richard Hooley/UCR Detection innovation could enhance drug development and cancer research. Small changes in the…
Credit: UCR Trilobites Had a Leg Up on Breathing A new study has found the first evidence of sophisticated breathing organs in 450-million-year-old sea creatures.…
Formation of moiré pattern by two honeycomb lattices. Credit: Microwave Nano-Electronics Lab, UC Riverside UC Riverside-led study observed unexpected insulating phases by placing electrons on…
UC Riverside mouse study shows where in the brain sensory input is transformed to movement. When we step on the car brake upon seeing a…
Study in mice finds high-fat, high-sugar diet has long-lasting effects on the microbiome. Credit: UCR Effects of unhealthy food followed young mice into adulthood. Eating…
An astro-statistics course University of California, Riverside, graduate student Remington O. Sexton took three years ago taught him techniques that led him to develop free,…
Flame retardants in the home are nearly impossible to avoid, and transfer from mothers to offspring in mice. Mice develop diabetes after exposure through mothers.…
K/Pg, or Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, refers to the aftermath of the asteroid hitting Earth 66 million years ago. Credit: Odysseus Archontikis/University of Oxford Tiny, seemingly…
Composite of images taken by Japanese spacecraft Akatsuki of Venus. Credit: JAXA / ISAS / DARTS / Damia Bouic Study shows the destabilizing effect of…